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South Korean Won Slids Deep

The South Korean won fell sharply against the U.S. dollar this week and reached its monthly low against the USD today despite the very weak dollar’s positions and the bullish trend in the Chinese yuan, which is the one of the dominating Asian currencies.

Yen Weakening against Euro, Pound

The Japanese yen continued its fall against the high yielding currencies today, especially against a very strong bullish euro, and reached 3-month minimum value against it, as the stock market rallies spurred carry trade popularity on Forex.

EUR/USD Comes Closer to 1.6000

The U.S. dollar fell down to another historical minimum level against the euro today, as the strong technical resistance has been breached and the fundamental economic statistics in U.S. has failed to keep the USD up on the Forex market.

Italy, France Unite against Strong Euro

Italy’s soon-to-be newly elected prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, pledged to ally with the president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, in his strife to persuade ECB to weaken the united Europe’s currency by the means of the intervention.

EUR/GBP Reaches New Absolute Maximum

Great Britain pound fell down to a new absolute minimum level against the euro today as the fresh economic data from U.K. signaled that the output growth will probably slow down significantly.

Dollar Retreats from Opening Gap Gain

The U.S. dollar has retreated from its impressive gain on this week opening on the Forex market and is now trading inside its usual recent daily bearish trend against the euro and the Japanese yen.

Dollar to Stop Falling after G7 Signals?

The U.S. dollar may probably slow down in its currently strong bearish trend against the other world currencies after the G7 meeting participants expressed their concern about the Forex market fluctuations.

Chile to Buy U.S. Dollars to Weaken Peso

The Central Bank of Chile will be buying the U.S. dollars in 2008 in order to stimulate the economy by the weaker national currency.

Chinese Yuan Closes Below 7 per Dollar

The Chinese yuan ended the domestic OTC trading session today below 7 yuan per U.S. dollar level — for the first time since the end of the peg to dollar in 2005.

BoE Cuts Rate, ECB Holds again

Both Bank of England and the European Central Bank acted as expected today during their monetary policy meetings — BoE cut the interest rate to 5.00% and ECB left them unchanged at 4.00%.

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