Day: January 10, 2018

January 10
2018

EUR/USD Fails to Restart Rally on Mediocre US Data

The euro rallied against the US dollar earlier today on the rumors that China may reduce or stop its purchases of the US Treasury notes. The US dollar regained some of the losses after the initial upswing in EUR/USD and did not weaken much following lackluster domestic macroeconomic data. Export and import prices report disappointed the US dollar bulls. Import prices rose by 0.1% in December after rising by 0.8% in November. Meanwhile, export […]

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January 10
2018

British Pound Swings Widely on UK Data and Chinese Rumors

The British pound today recorded wide swings against the US dollar as it dropped to 8-week lows and rallied higher on US dollar weakness. The rally was mainly triggered by rumors originating from China, but was short-lived as the pound headed lower much later. The GBP/USD currency pair started today’s session on a downtrend where it hit a low of 1.3482, but it rallied higher to hit a high of 1.3562 in the mid-European session. […]

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