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Dollar Goes Down on Credit Market Losses|ForexGen

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:48:19 GMT

The U.S. dollar declined at a fastest pace in a month against the Japanese currency today as the credit market losses extended and the Federal Reserve probably won’t be able to raise the rates by the year’s end. The dollar also fell against the euro and the Great Britain pound today as the previously expected rate difference decline became not so obvious to the Forex traders. Yen’s growth against... [read more]

Euro hurt by contracting German economy | ForexGen

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:40:50 GMT

The euro and the pound both weakened versus the US dollar Wednesday after new data showed that the German economy contracted by 0.5 percent in the second quarter and the minutes of the latest meeting of the Bank of England showed a three-way disagreement on where interest rates should go. There were also indications in the Monetary Policy Committee’s meeting minutes that the risk of inflation could... [read more]

Risk aversion helps yen, Swiss franc | ForexGen

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:22:30 GMT

Fears about more losses due to the current credit crisis helped the yen and Swiss franc to gains Thursday on the theory that investors will be less inclined to seek out risky currency trades funded with the low-yielding currencies. In late morning trade in New York the yen traded at ¥161.1536 to the euro, at ¥108.3350 to the US dollar and at ¥95.1723 to the Australian dollar, while the Swiss franc... [read more]