Day: March 3, 2010

March 3
2010

Is The Greek Crisis Coming to an End?

The euro profited today after Greece announced several measures to tighten its massive budget deficit, allowing the confidence towards the Eurozone and making the euro to rank among the best performers in currency markets today. The European single currency continued to advance versus the U.S. dollar as the Greek government said it will raise taxes, and cut spending to tighten its budget deficits, allowing the market sentiment towards assets in the country and in the Euroland to improve […]

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March 3
2010

Swedish Krona Down on Eurozone Optimism

The Swedish krona fell for another day this Wednesday as optimism in the Eurozone and negative releases in the Nordic country declined attractiveness regionally for assets in Sweden. The krona is very likely to end this week posting a drop versus important currencies in Europe after a report in the country showed that Sweden is again having to deal with a recession, declining the odds that interest rates will be hiked in the country anytime soon. The krona […]

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March 3
2010

Consumer Confidence Support Sterling’s Advance

The U.K. currency entered its second day of gains versus most of the main traded currencies after evidences of economic improvements started to appear in the country, increasing appetite for assets in the country, which have been lately affected by grim forecasts towards the kingdom’s economy. Two positive economic releases helped the pound to beat multiple currencies this week so far after an index of services industries rose to the highest levels since the global […]

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March 3
2010

Dollar Down after European News

The dollar started this Tuesday losing versus European and higher-yielding currencies as positive events in the old continent pushed further up risk aversion in trading markets globally, making the pound and the euro to rank among the best performers versus the greenback today. The pound managed to gain versus the dollar and traded above $1.50 ending the longest losing streak versus the U.S. currency in more than a year, after consumer confidence rose in the country to the highest […]

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March 3
2010

Dollar Falls Despite Positive ISM

The dollar continued to fall versus the euro this Wednesday despite positive data provided by the monthly ISM non-manufacturing report, as, once again, news involving Greece are the main factor influencing the EUR/USD currency pair’s trend, this time, on the euro’s side as Greece showed a new series of measures to tighten its budget deficit, which were received positively by traders. EUR/USD is currently at 1.3653. Nonfarm payrolls were at -20k […]

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March 3
2010

Chilean Peso Climbs After Earthquake

The Chilean peso oddly profited from a natural tragedy that impacted the country in the first night of this month, as speculations suggest that the reconstruction process in the country, will allow the country’s economy to accelerate. The South American country is likely to repatriate reserves invested overseas to promote a quicker restructuring in the country after Chile was shook by an earthquake this weekend, allowing the peso to rank among the best performing currencies this Tuesday in forex […]

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March 3
2010

Euro Up on Greek Hopes

The euro emerged versus several important currencies as Greece will propose a strategy to solve its budget deficit crisis, declining pessimism among investors to purchase assets in the Eurozone. The Eurozone had a breather today after Greece, the main responsible for the euro’s most recent downtrends, announced through government officials that decisions are likely to be presented anytime to soon to tighten the countries massive budget deficit, increasing optimism that the fiscal […]

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March 3
2010

IPO Boosts Demand for Brazilian Real

The Brazilian real is starting this month extending last week’s advance and reverting a negative trend from the beginning of the year, as the appeal for assets in the country are attracting foreign capital inflows and helping the real to beat a number of currencies in foreign-exchange markets. Brazil has one of the highest interest rates around the world and renewed appetite for risk in equities markets are allowing the South American currency to post a series of gains versus important currencies […]

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March 3
2010

Canadian Dollar Profits from Central Bank Comments

The Canadian dollar started the month of March on a bullish pattern after policy makers in the country affirmed that inflation is slightly above what the Bank of Canada expected, fueling speculations that interest rates may be hiked in the country anytime soon. The loonie traded below $1.04 this Tuesday after the Bank of Canada released its rate statement, mentioning a stronger than expected inflation and a higher economic output that led […]

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