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Dollar Suffers from Fed Rates Policy

Jan Baros — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:30:28 +0000

The dollar has started this week losing versus important currencies after the Federal Reserve made dovish statements regarding the country’s interest rates outlook, shunning investors to purchase assets in North America, making riskier assets to climb considerably.(...)
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Dollar Down Before Weekend on Riskier Bets

Jan Baros — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:56:18 +0000

Currencies tied to growth outperformed the U.S. dollar as risk appetite was predominant before foreign-exchange markets closed this Friday, considering that retail sales in North America expanded in the monthly comparison, raising optimism to higher levels among investors.(...)
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Dollar Down after European News

Jan Baros — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:05:25 +0000

The dollar started this Tuesday losing versus European and higher-yielding currencies as positive events in the old continent pushed further up risk aversion in trading markets globally, making the pound and the euro to rank among the best performers versus the greenback today.(...)
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Dollar Drops on Asian Improved Data

Jan Baros — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:27:38 +0000

The U.S. dollar started this Friday’s trading session losing versus most of the 16 main traded currencies as reports in Asia didn’t confirm mediocre forecasts and brought optimism towards the global economic recovery.(...)
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Dollar Ends Rally on Interest Rates Comments

Jan Baros — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:20:43 +0000

After gaining since the beginning of this trading session on speculations that a robust U.S. economy would provide grounds for borrowing costs to rise in the following months, the dollar slid as government officials stated otherwise.(...)
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Dollar Post Record Advance Versus Euro on Fed Tone

Jan Baros — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:53:51 +0000

The dollar ended another week gaining versus the euro and the pound as the economic conditions in North America remain far more attractive than in the other side of the Atlantic, increasing the number of traders who are switching their investments from Europe towards the United States.(...)
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Discount Rate Surprise Fuels Dollar Rally

Jan Baros — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:10:13 +0000

The dollar touched the highest level in 2010 versus several important currencies this Thursday as the Federal Reserve raised its bank discount rate for loans, spurring demand for assets in the country as the economy seems to be picking up, allowing the nation’s central bank to lift stimulus.(...)
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Dollar Revives Rally on Domestic Data

Jan Baros — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:18:46 +0000

The dollar gained today versus most of the 16 main traded currencies paring yesterday’s losses as demand for assets in the U.S. rose after several better than expected figures came out in reports published in the U.S., evidencing that the economic recovery in the country is accelerating.(...)
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Dollar to Gain on Grim Global Outlook

Jan Baros — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:45:32 +0000

The U.S. dollar profited last week from a wave of uncertainty that brought investors to opt for safer bets in foreign-exchange markets, and this trend might last for a longer period mainly versus European currencies as the economic outlook in the region is far from optimistic.(...)
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Unemployment Decline Boosts Greenback Rally

Jan Baros — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:47:45 +0000

The dollar ended this week’s session posting a weekly advance versus most of the 16 main traded currencies in foreign-exchange markets as an unemployment report published this Friday brought more positive figures that are providing support for the greenback’s bullish pattern.(...)
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