Euro (EUR)

The European Central Bank released its meeting minutes from the December monetary policy meeting last week. The minutes showed that ECB officials were close to giving a downbeat assessment of the economic prospects for the Eurozone. The…
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The U.S. dollar eased as some Fed members commented that the central bank should be patient in hiking interest rates. Similar views echoed from the release of the FOMC meeting minutes on Wednesday. A weaker USD currency sent most of its…
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The U.S. dollar made modest gains to recover from Monday's losses. The markets had support from the ongoing trade talks between the U.S. and China with both parties making progress on the purchase of U.S. goods and services. The next…
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The U.S. dollar was seen trading weaker on Tuesday. The weakness in the greenback comes ahead of today's Fed meeting. However, the USD was seen managing to recover some of the losses later in the day. Economic data on the day showed that…
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On December 7-8 the leading German center-right party, the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) will hold its annual conference, which is especially important for the markets this time because they are expected to elect a new party leader.  This…
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The U.S. dollar was seen trading subdued on Thursday in the backdrop of the dovish interpretation from Fed Chair Powell's speech on Wednesday. Economic data on the day showed that Swiss GDP contracted 0.2% on the quarter ending…
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The U.S. dollar managed to maintain its dominance closing the week with gains. However, performance was rather mixed with the Kiwi dollar posting the strongest gains. The UK's quarterly GDP report showed that the economy advanced 0.6% on…
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The U.S. dollar was seen edging higher on Thursday. On the economic front, data included the German trade balance which rose 17.6 billion. This was smaller than the forecasts of 18.2 billion. The European Commission released its economic…
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