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Dollar Remains Strong on Economic Outlook, Euro Concerns
The U.S. dollar started this week trading near a three-month high versus the European common currency as optimism regarding the improving economic conditions in North America maintained the greenback at high le...
Australian Dollar to Decline on Interest Rate Outlook
The Australian dollar posted a significant decline this week and may extended its losses versus currencies like the U.S. and the Canadian dollar after policy makers affirmed that interest rates may not be hiked further i...
Is It The End of Dollar’s Decline?
The U.S. currency rebounded sharply yesterday before the end of this week’s session as a better than expected jobs report started speculations that interest rates in the U.S. will be hiked by the Fed...
Australian Dollar Rebounds Before U.S. Jobs Data
After declining considerably yesterday versus the greenback, the Aussie dollar recovered today and is heading towards another weekly gain versus its U.S. counterpart as a report is likely to post favorable employment fig...
Aussie Dollar Rocketing on Rates Hike
The Australian dollar rose versus most of the 16 main traded currencies as interest rates were once again raised in the country, making the Aussie currency one of the most attractive investment in for...
Dollar Weakens on Pending Home Sales, Dubai Rescue
The dollar had another day of negative performance versus the euro and most of high-yielding currencies this Tuesday as home sales in the U.S. improved and Dubai World’s debts are likely to be r...
Australian Dollar Rises on Official Comments
The Australian dollar had a sharp rally today versus most of the 16 main traded currencies after a government official made positive comments regarding the future outlook of the Australian economy, creating spe...
U.S. Dollar Rises on Negative Home Sales Report
Markets were affected by pessimism today after a monthly U.S. home sales report was published with rather unexpected negative figures, helping the dollar to gain versus almost all of 16 main traded currencies, as risk averse ...
Will Australia Raise Interest Rates?
The Australian dollar, together with its New Zealand counterpart are among the best performing currencies in foreign-exchange markets in 2009 after evidences pointed the resilience of South Pacific countries to reco...
Australian Dollar Reaches 8-Week High vs. Yen
The Aussie rose to its mid-August highs against the Japanese yen today as the traders listened to the analysts’ speculations that the central bank has opened a carry trade opportunity with the i...
Global Recovery Signs Hurt Dollar
The U.S. dollar declined today against the euro and the other major currencies as the global economic recovery is looking more sound with the stock markets rising and the business/consumer confidence going...
Australian Dollar: First Currency to Rally on Interest Rates Hike
Australia was the first country to increase its borrowing costs after the global slump impacted the wealthiest nations around the globe setting most benchmark interest rates to record lows. The Australian dollar ben...
G-7 Comments Set Australian Dollar High
The Australian dollar posted today its first gains after a rather bearish trend last week as the Group of 7 did not confirm speculations which suggested it would stress on the importance of a strong U.S. d...
Dollar Loses Slightly on G-7 Comments
The dollar started this week losing versus the euro and the pound after speculations that Group of 7 central bankers would provide statements supporting the dollar were not confirmed, erasing last week gains and set...
Interest Rates Speculations Force Aussie Up
The Australian dollar has been ranking among the top 5 best performing currencies since the global economy started to give signs of recovering, and speculations regarding interest rate hikes provided support for the...
Australian Dollar Climbs on Banks’ Resilience
The Australian dollar climbed today versus most of the 16 main traded currencies as the national central bank affirmed that the largest financial institutions in the country showed themselves resilient from the...
Dollar Continues Downtrend on Economic Optimism
After hitting 2009 record lows versus several currencies of different profiles like the Australian dollar, Brazilian real and Euro, the dollar did not manage to rebound mainly versus the latter, since several optimistic ...
Will Global Optimism Affect Dollar Until 2010?
The U.S. dollar traded today in the lowest level versus the European common currency as solid evidences of economic recovery continued to appear in North America and worldwide, spurring demand for yie...
Australian Dollar Rebounds on Chinese Data
The Australian dollar was affected yesterday by a series of negative domestic reports that halted a rally which set the currency to a one year high versus the greenback, but today, after favorable reports comin...
Australian Dollar Slides on Job Figures
As unemployment surged in the South Pacific nation of Australia, speculations that interest rates will be hiked before the end of the year decreased, making the Aussie to post its first decline this week v...
Retail Sales Report Affects Australian Dollar Performance
The Australian currency, which touched the highest level in one years versus its U.S. counterpart yesterday, fell as domestic reports indicated today that the country’s economic health is not as good as percei...
Australian Dollar Rises on G-20 Economic Stimulus
The Australian currency is trading near the highest levels in 2009 after the Group of 20 most influential countries in the world affirmed that stimulus will remain to rescue the global economy, attracting ...
