Day: January 15, 2009

January 15
2009

EUR/USD Down Despite ECB Decision and U.S. Jobless Report

EUR/USD traded near its open price for the first half of the day today but after the ECB decision to cut the rate by only 50 basis points — from 2.5% to 2% and saying that it’s not going to go lower during the next meeting, the euro gained momentum and rose a little. Nevertheless after several fundamental reports went out in U.S. EUR/USD went down significantly […]

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January 15
2009

Yen Grows on Stocks Slump and Bad Reports

The Japanese yen continued to advance today against the dollar, the euro and the British pound as the the other major currency pair are stuck in the neutral zone before the ECB rate announcement. The yen gained for the three out of four days of the current week as the stock markets declined in all the world’s regions and fell sharply in Asia today. […]

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