Day: May 15, 2008

May 15
2008

Dollar Steady During a Wave of Macroeconomical Releases

USD recovered from its daily minimums against euro after the important fundamental reports were released today in U.S. EUR/USD has been trading with 70 pip gain today, but currently it’s trading near its open rate. Only net foreign purchases and Philadelphia Fed index showed some positive developments for the U.S. economy, while other releases were of a very little help […]

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May 15
2008

Kiwi Falls Deeper on Bad Retail Sales

The New Zealand’s currency continued its extremely fast drop against the other major currencies today after the retail sales report was released yesterday at 22:45 GMT. It was a third day of a bearish trend for the New Zealand dollar (at least against the U.S. dollar) as it continued the fall that’s lasting from mid March 2008 when kiwi (a nickname for NZD) reached its historical maximum against […]

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May 15
2008

Euro Stronger on German GDP

The United Europe’s currency gained a new strength on the Forex market today after the German quarterly GDP data was released and the investors got more confidence in the ECB’s hawkish stance. According to a report that was released today at 6:00 GMT the Germany’s gross domestic product gained 1.5% in a quarter-to-quarter comparison in the first quarter of 2008 — a strongest growth for the GDP indicator since 1996. This […]

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