Week after week I have called for the EUR/USD to break 1.60. Today, the currency pair hit an all time high and is inching ever so closer to that target. It will just be a matter of time before that level is broken at which time intervention risk will increase substantially. Hot [...]

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Here is the “In the Financial Papers Radio Broadcast” (Length: 07:49 minutes). The player should load automatically. Please let me know if you like it. Contact Kathy
In the Financial Papers:

 
Podcast Covers:
Jobless Claims Breach 400k
Bernanke Says Recession May be near
US Slowdown Takes Toll Across the Globe
US Factory Orders Fall for Second Month in a Row
Credit Crisis [...]

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Here is the “In the Financial Papers Radio Broadcast” (Length: 06:04 minutes). The player should load automatically. Please let me know if you like it. Contact Kathy
In the Financial Papers:

 
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Dollar Fluctuations Make Traders Whisper `I’ Word as Group of Seven Frets
Federal Home Loan Banks May Buy $100 Billion of Mortgage-Backed Securities
Wall Street Firms Eliminate [...]

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Here is the “In the Financial Papers Radio Broadcast” (Length: 11:15 minutes). The player should load automatically. Please let me know if you like it. Contact Kathy
In the Financial Papers:

 
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- How Much Will the Federal Reserve Cut?
- Play by Play of Bear stearn’s Demise
- Fed’s Actions are Reminiscent of Japan in 1990s
- Lessons from [...]

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Pandemonium has hit the financial markets. The dollar is trading below parity against the Swiss Franc, it has fallen to a new record low against the Euro and to a new 1995 low against the Japanese Yen.
Will the Dollar Continue to Fall?
Yes. The futures curve is currently pricing in a 90 percent chance [...]

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