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Bank of Canada Cuts Interest Rates by 50bp, Signals More to Come
Bank of England Offers to Acquire Mortgage Securities
Calls for LIBOR Rate Shake-up Grows
German Banking [...]

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The Euro hit an all time high of 1.5983 against the US dollar following better than expected trade balance numbers. The strength faded quickly however when Eurogroup President Junker told the markets that they “did not correctly understand G7 message on FX” and he “does not consider the euro’s rise vs. dollar desirable.” This [...]

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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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Oil prices are ripping higher this morning. 24 hours after the US retail sales report told us that gasoline receipts is the ONLY reason why the value of consumer spending increased last month, today’s rise in oil leads us to wonder how much more pain can the average consumer bear?
McCain’s Proposal = 2 Big [...]

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Those who may have hoped for a recovery in the US dollar have been sorely disappointed. The greenback hit a record low against the Euro and it will just be a matter of time before the EUR/USD hits 1.60. Before you know it, we’ll be talking about the possibility of one Euro [...]

Posted in ECB, Fed Rate Cut, Forex News, Trichet, US Dollar, US Economy, euro record high 2 Comments »