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Wheat rises again on Australia rain, dollar curbs

posted by ymir 537 days ago in USD, AUD, Agriculture

U.S. wheat futures rose 1 percent on Monday to add to a 13 percent surge last week as unrelenting harvest rain in Australia kept operators nervous about dwindling global supply of milling wheat.

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Afternoon Forex Overview

posted by ymir 542 days ago in EUR, Fundamental made popular 542 days ago

The euro is rebounding on talk that the European Central Bank may alter the EUR750 billion contingency fund in order to buy assets in a quantitative easing effort that would also serve to prop-up the bond markets in embattled countries like Portu

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Cut-Off Of Jobless Aid Would Lower Economic Growth

posted by ymir 543 days ago in USD, Fundamental, Employment

Unemployment benefits help drive the economy because the jobless tend to spend every dollar they get, pumping cash into businesses. A cut-off of aid for millions of people jobless for more than six months could squeeze a fragile economy, analysts

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Caught in a currency war

posted by ymir 546 days ago in Fundamental, Inflation

Of late the discourses on foreign exchange rates have become quite contentious. Countries across the globe have taken various drastic measures, in pursuit of economic recovery.

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One crisis; two very different responses

posted by ymir 549 days ago in USD, EUR, GBP

The response of authorities to the latest stage of the crisis, where fears have moved on from individual company balance sheets to country balance sheets, has been very different. The U.S. introduced quantitative easing (QE) and the UK followed

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$A slightly higher, rebounding on equities

posted by ymir 552 days ago in AUD, Fundamental, Inflation

The Australian dollar opened slightly higher on Monday, after a volatile weekend of trading sparked by moves by China to curb inflation.

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Widening Discounts Push Down Closed-End Funds in U.S.

posted by ymir 556 days ago in USD, Fundamental

A weeklong surge in bond yields is convincing buyers they are paying too much for the assets underlying closed-end funds, sending the investment products to the biggest declines in five months.

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USD Trades Near 6-Wk Hi Vs EUR Amid Sovereign-Debt Concerns

posted by ymir 558 days ago in USD, EUR, Fundamental made popular 558 days ago

The dollar traded near a six-week high against the yen before a report that economists said will show U.S. industrial production expanded last month, adding to signs the nation’s recovery is gathering pace.

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Irish debt worries weigh on euro, strong US retail sales

posted by ymir 558 days ago in USD, EUR, Fundamental made popular 558 days ago

The dollar started the week with a push from strong U.S. retail sales, while worries loom about the possibility of a bailout for Ireland continued to drag down the euro.

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US, China tensions remain at G20

posted by ymir 563 days ago in USD, Fundamental, Trade made popular 563 days ago

The US trade deficit edged off record levels in September, but a huge gap with China spelled continued tensions between the two superpowers, on the eve of the G20 summit.

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I am here to continue the ‘two economies-one future’ concept

posted by ymir 573 days ago in GBP, Fundamental made popular 573 days ago

Most British businesses, when they get taken over by whoever, get on with life as it was before and that is the environment in which they have to work.

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Weak US growth keeps jobless rate close to 10%

posted by ymir 574 days ago in USD, Fundamental, Employment

Unemployment in the US probably kept hovering near 10 per cent in October, one reason the recovery that began more than a year ago has disappointed Federal Reserve policy makers, economists said before a report this week.

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