Yesterday the Federal Reserve lowered the benchmark interest rate from 3.00% to 2.25% to help the banking institutions during the times of global financial turmoil, but will the…
Posts published in March 2008
Australian Bank Lower U.S. Dollar Forecasts
According to Australias largest mortgage provider, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the U.S. dollar will perform worse than experts previously expected for this year. The strengthening financial crisis in the…
Dollar at New Lows against Euro, Yen
The U.S. dollar went down to the new record low levels against the European and Japanese currencies today during the Asian trading session on Forex as the Federal…
EU Leaders Include Strong Euro Reference
European leaders decided to include the strong euro reference to their two-day Brussels meeting conclusion, which is to be released today. Earlier today, this conclusion was expected to come out without…
Yuan at Highest Rate since 2005
The Chinese yuan rose to its new highest rate against the U.S. dollar since the end of a currencys peg to the dollar in 2005. The dollar weakened on the international currency…
USD at Record Low against Euro, Yen
The U.S. dollar reached a new historical minimum against the euro today; it also fell below the 12-year old minimum level against the Japanese yen on the expectations…
Rand Gains for a Fourth Day
The South African rand gained against the U.S. dollar for the fourth day today as the stock markets throughout the world were stimulated by the Federal Reserves decision…
Korean Won and Other Asian Currencies Down Today
Today the majority of the Asian currencies, including the South Korean won, fell down on the Forex market as the investors expected that the global financial turmoil will…
Canadian Dollar Slipped Down on Risk Concerns
The Canadian dollar dropped on Forex today, mainly against the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen, as the investors favored less commodity-dependent currencies. Commodities fell down during…
New Zealand and Australian Dollar Lose to Yen
The New Zealand and Australian currencies continued their bearish trends against the Japanese yen today and dropped on Forex market during the Asian trading session, as the…