Day: August 7, 2008

August 7
2008

Euro Posted a Huge Decline against Dollar

EUR/USD declined today to its new minimum level since June 13 after a bearish commentaries by Jean-Claude Trichet that followed ECB’s rate decision. Even bad reports on U.S. employment and housing couldn’t save the currency pair from falling. It is now trading near 1.5326 level. Initial jobless claims rose to 455,000 last week, up from 448,000 a week before. Analysts estimated a decline to 420,000 claims for the last week. Pending home sales […]

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August 7
2008

Yuan Falls as China to Control Money Inflow

The Chinese yuan fell against the U.S. dollar for the third day this week as the government tightened control over the illegal capital inflow into the country’s financial system. The demand for the local currency may decline as the new rules give market regulators a greater authority in the payments investigations. People’s Bank of China kept yuan almost unchanged to the U.S. dollar […]

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