Euro Down Slightly After Weekend On Spain Worry by admin 1 May 2012 at 4:41am
Yesterday the euro was down slightly compared to the U.S. dollar, 1.321 to 1.325 dollars compared to last Friday, particularly affected by the disturbing news growing on Spain.
The Spanish economy has again contracted by 0.3% in real terms in the first quarter 2012 compared to the last of 2011, according to the National Statistics Institu Read more ... Euro Stability Still A Concern On Forex Markets by admin 24 Apr 2012 at 8:13am
Parity between the euro / dollar is now almost perfectly balanced on the currency market: at around 13:00 hours, the euro was trading at 1.3156 (- 0.01%). Slightly increased towards the yen to 106.9. Nothing to report in the forex market on the state of the euro / Swiss franc, which is stable at 1.2021.
‘We expect fu Read more ... Euro Mixed Against All Other Majors by admin 18 Apr 2012 at 7:53am
The single currency was losing again today, dropping below $1.31 (EUR/USD) on Wednesday afternoon, amid persistent doubts about the sovereign status of Europe. At this time, the euro yield is 0.42% against the greenback at 1.3073 dollars per euro.
The IMF reviewed yesterday, downgrading its growth forecast for Spain in 2012, which shows a Read more ... Fed Keeps Rates Low ? Euro Seems Without Trend by admin 14 Mar 2012 at 6:40am
The single European currency remained without a major trend against the U.S. dollar in the wake of a highly anticipated meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Fed, whose tone lately has been quite positive for the Dollar.
The Euro dropped yesterday afternoon from 0.04% to 0 Read more ... Bernanke comments causes sell off by Tom 1 Mar 2012 at 4:55am
Market sentiment received a bit of a boost yesterday when the results of the ECB?s long-awaited second long-term liquidity operation (LTRO) showed strong demand for the cash from European banks. The ECB lent 800 banks ?529.5 billion, somewhat above the ?450 billion that the market had been anticipating and the ?489 billion lent to 523 fi Read more ... Euro firm however downside risks remain by Tom 28 Feb 2012 at 8:36am
Today the euro remains firm versus the dollar and sterling, trading in relatively tight ranges despite the announcement from ratings agency Standard & Poor?s that it is cutting Greece?s long term credit trading to selective default. Such a move was already expected and indeed factored in, though yesterday?s comments from EU Commission Read more ... Euro upside following Greek deal by Tom 22 Feb 2012 at 9:34am
Having retreated from near two-week highs as optimism over the long-awaited Greek bailout deal faded to be replaced by underlying concerns over growth and implementation risks, the euro has traded in a relatively tight range versus the dollar over the past 24 hours. Parliaments in three countries (Germany, the Netherlands and Finland) must now a Read more ... Euro upside following Greek Deal by Tom 21 Feb 2012 at 9:20am
The euro gained some ground in early morning trade briefly breaking through key resistance after eurozone finance ministers finally sealed the details of a second ?130 billion bailout package for Greece. There was also agreement on the details of Greek?s deal with private sector investors, who are now expected to take a haircut in excess of Read more ... Euro sold as Greek Deal lingers by Tom 16 Feb 2012 at 4:35am
The euro started yesterday with a firmer tone on the news that China would continue investing in euro debt and pledges from the Greek opposition Conservative Party to commit to tough austerity measures. This was before the latest twist in the on-going Greek debt saga saw renewed pressure on the single currency, which has fallen back to trade at Read more ... UK on watch for credit downgrade by Tom 14 Feb 2012 at 4:09am
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Moody?s downgrades Spanish banks by alex 18 May 2012 at 1:41am
The potential ?Grexit? is killing the markets as they run for safety in the last day of the week. Uncertainty is all over, and regardless of the new elections being held in June 17, investors still don?t want to risk it.
Not only Greece is in trouble. 16 Spanish banks have been downgraded by Moody?s last [...] Lower inflation expectations not good for GBP by alex 17 May 2012 at 12:53am
The UK inflation report released yesterday showed that the MPC now expect two-year inflation to be lower despite raising the near term projection. Their central inflation projection for two years ahead is 1.6%, about 0.2% lower than in February. The growth forecasts were also lowered in the near term reflecting a poor Q1 2012 and on-going concerns regarding the [...] Focus on Eurozone Politics continues by alex 16 May 2012 at 1:25am
Greece continues to capture the headlines with agreement expected today on formation of an interim Government and likely announcement of new elections as soon as 10 June. Meanwhile the first meeting between Merkel and Hollande resulted in a joint statement pledging commitment from both to keep Greece in the euro with introduction of ?growth measures? subject to adherence to [...] Currencies do not like political uncertainty by alex 15 May 2012 at 1:27am
Political risk events continue to dominate in Europe. The political deadlock continues in Greece although a Greek exit was not discussed at the Euro group meeting held yesterday, nonetheless, suggestions that Greece will leave the euro gained momentum leading to the EU Commission issuing a statement hoping that Greece would remain part of the euro [...] What if Greece Exits? by admin 14 May 2012 at 12:16am
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EUR/USD broke below the 1.30 level yesterday as the Greek political crisis rolls on and in this context we expect the EUR to remain under pressure; with French presidential election winner Hollande awaiting inauguration, his pledges to increase state spending and renegotiate the ECB?s independence is unlikely to instil confidence in the market and the longer [...] Euro weakens further by alex 8 May 2012 at 1:05am
There are 3 main reasons why we begin this short week with a weaker Euro;
1.Data suggests that the Eurozone could be heading for its third quarter of negative growth.
2.A change of government in France, one that is likely to be less Berlin friendly than its predecessor.
3.The Greek political parties who supported ongoing austerity measures lost their majority rule, [...] Focus on US jobs by alex 4 May 2012 at 12:52am
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