Day: July 2, 2008

July 2
2008

Dollar Goes Down on Job Losses

EUR/USD grew today to its monthly maximum and remained well above the yesterday’s close level after the bad data on employment was released in U.S. today. Other economic releases failed to support the dollar today. ADP employment report surprised markets with 79k drop in jobs in June, whereas the forecast was a 40k decline. This was the first drop in employment since February according […]

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July 2
2008

Dollar at 2-Month Minimum versus Euro

The U.S. dollar reached its lowest value against the European currency in more than two months today as the traders are waiting ADP report on the June jobs dynamics and expect it to show a first decline in four months. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. reports on the employment in the non-farm private business sector each month, relying on the private data of its business clients. June […]

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