Day: January 27, 2011

January 27
2011

Dollar Drops vs. Euro as Fed Maintains Stimulus Measures

The US dollar slipped today versus the euro after the US Federal Reserve maintained its quantitative easing program, signaling that the US economy hasn’t quite recovered yet and still requires stimulus. Some economists had hopes that the Fed would raise the interest rates as the economy of the US looked for them healthy enough to survive without unprecedented stimulus measures. Such hopes hadn’t come to pass as the Federal Open Market […]

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January 27
2011

Yen Slumps After S&P Downgrades Japan’s Rating

The Japanese yen tumbled today after the Standard and Poor’s downgraded Japan’s credit rating one step to AA- as the Japanese government hasn’t done enough to reduce the nation’s enormous debt. S&P said in its statement: The downgrade reflects our appraisal that Japan’s government debt ratios — already among the highest for rated sovereigns — will continue to rise further than we envisaged before the global economic recession hit […]

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January 27
2011

EUR/USD Rises for Another Day as US Economy Underperforms

EUR/USD continues to rise as the US economy underperforms, while the outlook for the European economy improves. Durable goods orders and initial jobless claims showed far worse results than was expected, while news from the house market were good. The currency pair slumped at the beginning of this trading session, but quickly recovered. EUR/USD trades now at about 1.3745 after it dropped previously to 1.3637. Initial jobless claims increased […]

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