Day: January 31, 2008

January 31
2008

U.S. Dollar Regains Positions on Mixed Fundamentals

Today, EUR/USD lost a small part of the pips that were gained yesterday after the Fed’s interest rate cut by 0.50%. Even the bad employment statistics didn’t prevent dollar from recovering from 1.4860 to 1.4814 against European currency. This can be also partially explained by the major resistance level that has formed near 1.4870 rate on EUR/USD. Personal income in December rose by 0.5% — better than […]

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January 31
2008

Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia Cut Interest Rates

GCC states — Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia — decided to cut their deposit rates from 3.50% to 3.00% today, following the yesterday’s interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Based on the risk estimations for the economy recession and the recent negative macroeconomic statistics, FOMC cut the rate at its scheduled meeting yesterday from […]

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