ECB President Trichet does it once again. He has under delivered and postponed the inevitable. This morning, the central bank cut interest rates by only 25bp to 1.25 percent instead of the widely expected 50bp cut, sending the Euro through the roof.
Some questions immediately come to mind, which Trichet elegantly answered [...]

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Tomorrow the European Central Bank is expected to take interest rates to a record low of 1.00 percent. The size of their rate cut as well as the possibility of the central bank adopting “unconventional measures” should weigh heavily on the EUR/USD going into the rate decision. With the Eurozone economy deteriorating by [...]

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There is a good chance that the EUR/USD could be headed to 1.31. In my Daily Currency focus on FX360.com yesterday, I said that the currency pair is prime for a breakout. Now that it is happened, the prospect of a rate cut by the ECB coupled with the comments from the German Finance [...]

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The Euro and British pound have come under severe selling pressure after the ECB and BoE cut interest rates by 50bp. Interest rates are now at historic lows for both central banks and even though the rate announcements were negative for both currencies, the Euro has sold off more aggressively than the British pound [...]

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The big story in the currency market today is the Euro which hit a 2 month low against the US dollar. Ratings agency Moody’s warned that the exposure of Western European banks to Eastern European loans could affect their credit ratings. Up until the global credit crisis, Eastern European nations were growing [...]

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