Day: July 23, 2019

July 23
2019

Euro Crashes to 7-Week Lows As the US Dollar Surges Higher

The euro today fell against the US dollar for the third consecutive session as investors trimmed their expectations of a massive rate cut by the Fed boosting the greenback. The EUR/USD currency pair was also affected by market expectations of the announcement of further monetary easing policies by the ECB later this week. The EUR/USD currency pair today fell from an opening high of 1.1208 to a low of 1.1147 in the American session and was trading near these lows at the time […]

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July 23
2019

Pound Recovers As Boris Johnson Becomes PM, Capped by Bearish Data

The British pound is rallying on Tuesday after it was confirmed that former London Mayor Boris Johnson would become Britain’s new prime minister. In addition to a higher pound, European markets appeared to cheer on the pro-Brexit politician as leading indexes recorded 1% gains. But that did not prevent disappointing data from capping the currency’s ascent. Shortly after Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she […]

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July 23
2019

EUR/USD Sinks After USA Increase Debt Ceiling

EUR/USD sank on Tuesday. Market analysts explained the drop by the agreement between US President Donald Trump and the Congress to raise the debt ceiling. The trading session was light in terms of US data, and those reports that were released were universally bad. Richmond Fed manufacturing index sank from 2 in June to âˆ’12 in July, reaching the lowest reading since January 2013. That was a complete surprise to experts who had […]

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