Day: October 18, 2010

October 18
2010

Growing Consumer Prices Bolsters New Zealand Dollar

The New Zealand dollar strengthened today after the report showed that the inflation in New Zealand accelerated in the third quarter of this year, allowing the kiwi to gain versus 14 of 16 most traded currencies. The New Zealand Consumer Prices Index rose 1.1 percent in the third quarter of 2010, compared to the 0.2 percent growth in the second quarter and the expected 1.0 percent increase. John Key, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, said that […]

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October 18
2010

Pound Falls on Concerns Budget Cuts Won’t Help with Deficit

The Great Britain pound dropped today ahead of the announcement this week about the detail of the spending cuts to decrease the nation’s significant budget deficit. George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, should announce his plans for the spending cuts on Wednesday. He hopes that the budget deficit would be nearly eliminated by the planned measures. Yet the economists aren’t convinced that the planned cuts would be able to reduce the deficit fast enough. GBP/USD […]

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October 18
2010

Yen Rises vs. Dollar Ahead of G-20 Meeting

The Japanese yen extended its rally against the US dollar on the speculation that Japan wouldn’t intervene to weaken the currency before the Group of Twenty meeting. The leaders of the nations from G-20 will meet this week and will likely discuss the so-called “currency war”, the “race” of the countries to devaluate their currencies. It’s considered unlikely for any country of G-20 to weaken its currency ahead of the meeting. And without the intervention the yen may rose to the next […]

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October 18
2010

EUR/USD Attempts to Erase Today’s Losses

EUR/USD gradually rises after falling earlier today. It looks like the currency pair will be struggling to rise after such fast rally. EUR/USD trades now at 1.3948 after slumping previously to 1.3831. Net foreign purchases of the long-term US securities was at $128.7 billion in October, above $61.2 billion reported for September and above the forecast value of $47.5 billion. Industrial production decreased 0.2% in September after having […]

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