Day: August 21, 2008

August 21
2008

EUR/USD Rises above the Friday Open Level

Dollar declined today against the euro, allowing EUR/USD currency pair to rise above the last Friday’s open level. Currently it is trading near 1.4863 — 58 pips above Friday’s open. The decline was most probably caused by the investors’ concerns related to the U.S. financial market. Initial jobless claims decreased from 445k to 432k last week in the United States — that’s below the median forecast 438k. Leading […]

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August 21
2008

Dollar Goes Down on Credit Market Losses

The U.S. dollar declined at a fastest pace in a month against the Japanese currency today as the credit market losses extended and the Federal Reserve probably won’t be able to raise the rates by the year’s end. The dollar also fell against the euro and the Great Britain pound today as the previously expected rate difference decline became not so obvious to the Forex traders. Yen’s growth against […]

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