Day: July 3, 2008

July 3
2008

Early Nonfarm Payrolls Help Dollar Despite Bad Data

EUR/USD fell sharply today paring the weekly gain as the employment statistics in U.S. was released. Not only employment figures disappointed market participants, but also ISM services index declined faster than expected in June. But for some strange reason that supported the U.S. dollar and it showed the fastest daily gain since April 24. EUR/USD declined from 1.5890 to 1.5695. Nonfarm payrolls […]

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July 3
2008

Bank Indonesia Raises Borrowing Costs

The Bank Indonesia increased the interest rates today for its third meeting in a row to efficiently fight the accelerating inflation caused by the growing food and oil prices. The central bank voted for the interest rate to be raised from 8.5 percent to 8.75 percent. The only reason the government wants to hold the rates that high, despite the unpopularity of such measures, is the fastest […]

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