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29 Jan 2013 - An uninspiring session, with only Cable and the Kiwi seeing any directional movement. Euro crosses continue to improve on capital flows. Today sees German/US Consumer…
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25 Jan 2013 - The market had a busy session with sustained Yen weakness on the back of political rhetoric the main theme. Aud and Kiwi also headed lower despite improving Chinese d…
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24 Jan 2013 - A choppy day for the currencies, generally pretty much unchanged, although Equities continue to squeeze slowly higher, despite the IMF trimming its global growth for…
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23 Jan 2013 - The BOJ largely disappointed, allowing the Yen to regain some lost ground. The Euro had a choppy session but has finished up not too far from previous levels. Aud wil…
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22 Jan 2013 - Quiet, due to the US holiday. All eyes now on the BOJ later today. Otherwise, Sterling continues to be pressured while the Euro and US$ are steady. Aud looks on hold …
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21 Jan 2013 - All eyes will be on the BOJ this week with the Yen likely to be the focus of most of the attention. Elsewhere there is a lot of economic data to digest and much of th…
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21 Dec 2012 - Currencies are largely confined to their ranges today with the fiscal cliff negotiations going nowhere fast, and the Aud and Kiwi are a bit heavy as a result. Liquidi…
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20 Dec 2012 - Contradictory views of the fiscal cliff negotiations have the markets unsure which way to go and with conditions becoming illiquid, the best policy seems to be to sta…
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19 Dec 2012 - Markets are looking for a positive outcome to the fiscal cliff negotiations with equities leading the way higher. S+P raised their Greek credit rating today, with a s…
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18 Dec 2012 - It was all about the Jpy today, which stabalized after the early sell-off, and this may continue going into the BOJ meeting, tomorrow. Otherwise most currencies were…
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17 Dec 2012 - The US dollar, and particularly the Yen, remain under pressure and this looks to be a theme that may well continue into the New Year. Much depends on the outcome of t…
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14 Dec 2012 - Markets were initially in the black after positive noises from the EU meeting, where Greece got its bailout funds and the ECB was given responsibility for regulatory…
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13 Dec 2012 - The Fed did as expected, pumping an extra $45 bio per month into the US economy and will keep rates at low levels until unemployment reaches 6.5%. The markets liked i…
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12 Dec 2012 - A better than expected German ZEW survey and positive noises coming from the US "fiscal cliff" negotiations helped risk sentiment today, sending equities and the risk…
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11 Dec 2012 - Italian political instability weighed on markets and the Euro but these have regained their early lost ground to be mostly unchanged on the day. Aud, Kiwi remain bid …
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10 Dec 2012 - Improving Chinese data over the weekend should ensure that the risk trade receives some support early in the week but little directional movement looks likely as we h…
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07 Dec 2012 - The ECB outlook got the EU economy put the skids under the Euro, taking the other European currencies with it, and further downside looks possible. Aud and Kiwi have …
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06 Dec 2012 - Soft data all round has ensured that currency markets remained within recent ranges and now the focus turns to the interest rate decisions from the ECB and BOE. Today…
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05 Nov 2012 - A slightly softer dollar today, with the fiscal cliff negotiations continuing to weigh on markets. A quiet session now looks likely, ahead of the interest rate decisi…
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04 Dec 2012 - Improved economic data from China and Europe and a poor US ISM reading hampered the US$ today, with the Euro being assisted by Spain formally asking for assistance f…
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03 Dec 2012 - Currencies remain choppy and somewhat mixed, but the week ahead has plenty going on in the run up to Christmas. The "Fiscal Cliff" talks will continue to dominate sen…
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30 Nov 2012 - Early optimism saw currencies reverse after US Speaker John Boehner retreat from his positive comments of the previous session regarding the US budget negotiations. A…
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29 Nov 2012 - An early sell-off on concerns over the Greek debt deal and the approaching "Fiscal Cliff ", turned around as risk sentiment improved on hopes that the US Congress wi…
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28 Nov 2012 - The reaction to the Greek debt deal has been rather muted and the sellers at 1.3000 provided a good cap. The US$ has problems of its own though and the chances of avo…
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27 Nov 2012 - Still no deal on any Greek bailout package or any progress on the US "Fiscal Cliff" negotiations has seen the markets retreat mildly. That could change in Asia today …
