Day: January 13, 2009

January 13
2009

EUR/USD Falls for 3rd Day After Budget and Trade Deficit Reports

EUR/USD continued to fall for the third daily trading session today. It reached the lowest level since December 11 after reports on both budget deficit and trade balance deficit were released in U.S. today. Now EUR/USD is trading at 1.3194. Trade balance deficit decreased from $56.7 billion (revised up from $57.2 billion) to only $40.4 billion in November — much faster than the analysts expected (the average forecast was […]

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January 13
2009

NZD Drops as Credit Rating Outlook Revised

The New Zealand dollar dropped to the monthly low against the U.S. dollar today as the S&P rating agency revised the country’s foreign currency credit rating outlook from stable to negative. Standard & Poor’s, one of the world’s leading credit rating agencies, confirmed New Zealand’s AA+ foreign currency credit rating and revised its outlook to negative yesterday. The country’s currency reacted with a drop as the confidence in the […]

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