Day: March 12, 2014

March 12
2014

Thai Baht Drops on Interest Rate Cut & Court Ruling

The Thai baht dropped today as the central bank performed an interest rate cut and the Constitutional Court ruled out the investment bill, which should have improved the economic climate in the country. Judges decided that the legislation, which should have allocated 2 trillion baht ($62 billion) to government infrastructure projects, is unconstitutional. Meanwhile, the Bank of Thailand reduced the policy rate by 25 basis points to 2 percent. The bank explained: The committee […]

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March 12
2014

Brazilian Real Drops as Inflation Slows

The Brazilian real declined today as the official report showed that food inflation slowed last month, reducing incentive for the central bank to raise interest rates as a measure to battle inflation. Food and beverage prices grew 0.56 percent in February from the previous month, slower than the previous increase of 0.84 percent. At the same time, annual inflation was at 5.68 percent, exceeding analysts’ expectations. The Central Bank of Brazil has already slowed […]

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March 12
2014

Euro Continues to Rise Amid Concerns About Strength

Euro continues to log gains, even as many throughout the eurozone express concern about the euro’s recent appreciation. There are worries that the euro’s strength has been keeping the eurozone from seeing the kind of economic growth that would help the region overcome its recent problems. Euro is higher again today, rising pretty much across the board. Since the middle of 2012, the euro has gained about 9 […]

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March 12
2014

Loonie Down as Commodities Struggle

Canadian dollar is lower today, struggling along with many commodities. One of the big drivers of difficulty today is the fact that there are concerns about growth in China, and commodities are heading lower. As a commodity currency, this development weighs on the loonie. Concerns about the rate of Chinese growth this year are weighing a bit on some currencies right now, particularly the loonie. Commodity currencies are especially hard […]

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March 12
2014

Poor Fundamentals Do Not Prevent Rally of EUR/USD

There are not many economic reports from the United States this week. As for European data, it was not particularly good but it did not prevent today’s rally of EUR/USD. Crude oil inventories increased by 6.2 million barrels last week and are in the upper half of the average range for this time of year. The actual increase exceeded the expected 2.1 million and the last week’s 1.4 million. Total motor […]

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March 12
2014

New Forex VPS Based in USA (Supports Bitcoin)

Almost half a year has passed since addition of the last VPS service to the listings on EarnForex.com. The newest listed company is called NetNine. It is not a super-specialized company aimed solely on Forex traders. They offer a wide array of hosting related solutions. That being said, NetNine should be good enough for currency traders too. Here is the list of some of their features: Payment options include PayPal, […]

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March 12
2014

Yen Stays in Favor as China & Ukraine Feed Fears

The Forex market is still favoring safe currencies, helping the yen to keep yesterday’s gains today. The state of China’s economy and the situation in Ukraine did not improve the traders’ sentiment and this makes sure that the Japanese currency stays in favor. The poor economic data from China took market participants by surprise, kicking copper and other industrial metals down and weakening commodity currencies along with them. Meanwhile, tensions between […]

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March 12
2014

Aussies Drops for Fourth Session

The Australian dollar declined today, falling for the fourth straight trading session against its most-traded peers, as today’s economic data showed that the nation’s economy is still struggling. The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment declined by 0.7 percent in March. The report said: The initial declines in December-January looked to be mainly the unwinding of the election-related sentiment boost. More recent falls though have had a very clear theme centring […]

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