Stiff Upper Lips and Large Rate Cuts

The positive reaction by the U.K. pound in relation to the euro, after both central banks reduced interest rates overnight, suggests a different outlook among foreign exchange investors. Among the major forex markets ... more,” says Ulrich Leuchtmann, head of forex research at Commerzbank in Frankfurt, Germany [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 15:51:31

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Is the Euro the New Dollar?

By Leo Cendrowicz / Brussels Thursday, Jan. 01, 2009 A handful of euro notes Leon Neal / AFP / Getty Europe's single currency has come of ... E.U. countries locked their national currencies together into a fixed exchange rate. Three years ... from the exchange rate volatility, which has battered them in previous downturns," Barroso said on [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:52:00

FOREX-Yen buoyed by risk reversal, euro on defensive (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

SYDNEY, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The Japanese yen climbed across the board on Monday as a grim global outlook favoured safe-haven currencies, while the euro stayed on the defensive on talk of an aggressive cut in eurozone interest rates later this week. Link to the original site [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 07:17:25

Yen Rises as Stock Drop Boosts Currency’s Appeal as Safe Haven

By Stanley White and Ron Harui Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The yen rose against the euro and the dollar, snapping two days of losses, ... U.S. personal spending and durable goods orders dropped. The South Korean won rose on speculation ... purchases or sales of currencies to influence the exchange rate. Against the Australian dollar [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 04:14:00

Dollar soars against euro

By Julianne Pepitone CNNMoney.com contributing writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The dollar rose sharply against major currencies Monday ahead of anticipated interest rate cuts ... , the dollar was up 2.08 percent against the 15-nation euro, which was trading at $1.3617 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:11:56

Clash of the Titans: The Dollar and Yen

The dollar has had quite a run of late against most of the major world currencies. It is trading at one-year highs against the euro, is moving further away from parity ... Zealand’s central bank reduced its key lending rate by 0.5 percentage point, reducing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 16:53:28

Recession fears hit stocks

LONDON - FEARS of an ‘inevitable’ global recession prompted sharp swings on currency markets and falls on stock exchanges despite talk of new ... rate cuts in the 15-nation eurozone to spur economic growth forced the euro towards a near two-year [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 11:03:51

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