Day: October 1, 2008

October 1
2008

EUR/USD Falls Despite ISM PMI Drop

EUR/USD continued to fall today after the yesterday’s record-breaking decline, despite the unexpectedly low reading of the influential ISM purchase manager’s index. EUR/USD broke the technical and psychological support line at 1.4000 during the trading session, but then return to the levels above and is now trading near 1.4004. ADP employment report showed that the employment decline slowed down from 37,000 from July to August […]

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October 1
2008

Taiwan Dollar Rose on Bail-Out Expectations

The Taiwanese dollar gained today after four days of declining against the U.S. dollar as the speculations that the U.S. senate will approve the $700 billion bail-out plan by the end of this week spurred confidence in the Asian currencies. The Taiwan’s currency rose from the 8-month bottom versus its American counterpart with the whole third quarter of 2008 being the worst for TWD […]

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