For the better part of this past week, the Euro, Japanese Yen and British pound have been trapped within a tight trading range against the US dollar. Even though the moves in all 3 of these currency pairs have been relatively significant, especially in the EUR/USD, they pale in comparison to the moves in [...]

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Here is the “In the Financial Papers Radio Broadcast” (Length: 7:39 minutes). The player should load automatically. Please let me know if you like it. Contact Kathy
In the Financial Papers:

 
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Housing Starts in U.S. Rise; Single-Family Construction Hits 17-Year Low
Fed, BOE Foreshadow End of Rate Cuts as Prices Rise
Oil Rises to Record Above $127 on [...]

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Here is the “In the Financial Papers Radio Broadcast” (Length: 5:43minutes). The player should load automatically. Please let me know if you like it. Contact Kathy
In the Financial Papers:

 
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New Zealand Dollar, One of the Weakest Pairs in the FX Market
Eurozone GDP Numbers
Factories Won’t Save the Day
Manufacturing in NY Unexpectedly Contracts
Industrial Production Weakens
US Consumer Prices
High [...]

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Here is the “In the Financial Papers Radio Broadcast” (Length: 06:39 minutes). The player should load automatically. Please let me know if you like it. Contact Kathy
In the Financial Papers:

 
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UBS Faces Large Writedown, CEO Steps Down
Americans Delay Retirement as Housing Stocks Swoon
RBA Leaves Rates Unchanged, Dovish Comments
Japanese Tankan Much Weaker than Expected 4 years
German [...]

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Gold and Oil prices are plunging, triggering a 400 pip slide in the Canadian dollar from Friday’s high, a 300 pip drop in the Austrailian dollar and a 200 pip decline in the New Zealand dollar.
Could the commodity currencies fall further? Yes.
According to the Baltic Dry Index charts below, commodity prices [...]

Posted in Australian Dollar, Baltic Dry Index, Canadian Dollar, Carry Trades, New Zealand dollar 4 Comments »