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16 May 2014 - Mixed data from both Europe and the US caused plenty of volatility today albeit that most currency pairs have ended up not too far from where they started.
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15 May 2014 - The UK Jobs/BOE Quarterly Inflation Report provided most of the excitement today, which combined to send Cable sharply lower while the Euro remained largely sidelined
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14 May 2014 - The Euro came under further pressure today after the German Bundesbank indicated that it was prepared to support ECB policy action to ease rates.
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13 May 2014 - The Australian focus will be on the Federal Budget (7.30 AET), but before that the Home Loans and House Price Index will be released.
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12 May 2014 - The Euro continues to retreat from Thursday's 2 1/2 year high following Mario Draghi's hint at a possible June easing by the ECB, dragging the Chf and Gbp down with i…
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09 May 2014 - The ECB left rates unchanged, as expected, but Mario Draghi’s assertion that the central bank is ready to ease in June, if necessary, had the market on the run, sendi…
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08 May 2014 - Janet Yellen's dovish outlook on the US economy had little effect on the currency markets whose attention is now focused on today's ECB/BOE interest rate decisions
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07 May 2014 - The dollar has been under pressure ever since the European open when the generally improved EU Services PMI's and stronger Retail Sales sparked a rally in the Euro
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06 May 2014 - It was rather a non event in the absence to Tokyo/London and the markets may well continue to drift sideways ahead of Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress, Wednesday,…
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05 May 2014 - The stronger NFP on Friday bought a swift rally in the US$, which was equally quickly given up on closer inspection of the diminishing participation rate, with most c…
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02 May 2014 - It was a fairly quiet session in the absence of Europe, with the focus solely on the US employment/NFP data due later in the coming session
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01 May 2014 - The soft EU CPI was shrugged off, and the dollar came under heavy pressure following the very weak US GDP which suggested that the economy is currently at a standstil…
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30 Apr 2014 - Softer than expected German Inflation data stymied any potential strength in the Euro ahead of today's important EU CPI figure, German Unemployment and then later in …
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29 Apr 2014 - Early US$ weakness was cancelled out by better than expected US Pending Home sales.
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28 Apr 2014 - It was a generally quiet end to Easter week for the currencies, although both Equities and Commodities saw some volatility.
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24 Apr 2014 - Solid German/EU Manufacturing data helped the Euro today but it was unable to build on its gains.
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22 Apr 2014 - Thin trade dominates and most currencies are reasonably stable to start the week.
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17 Apr 2014 - Cable was the main mover today after more solid UK data, but elsewhere the currency markets were fairly range bound as liquidity rapidly diminishes ahead of Easter
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15 Apr 2014 - Solid US data, ECB comments support US$, keep the Euro under pressure.
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14 Apr 2014 - Weekend comments from Mario Draghi tying EU monetary policy to the Euro's exchange rate could see it dip lower early on Monday
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11 Apr 2014 - Most of the action was in stocks today, although the dollar remained under pressure as expectations for a US rate hike were pushed back to H2 2015
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10 Apr 2014 - The FOMC minutes contained no timeline as to when to expect a rate hike, which, following Janet Yellen's "6 month" comment at the press conference after the meeting, …
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09 Apr 2014 - The dollar was under pressure on all fronts today ahead of the FOMC minutes, due later in the NY session.
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07 Apr 2014 - It was a mixed session Friday, with a slight miss in the NFP, but followed up by an upward revision in February's reading as well as an improved participation rate
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04 Apr 2014 - The ECB, having left rates unchanged, stated that it is prepared to take action to combat low inflation/growth, sending the Euro lower.