The New Zealand dollar stalled its declined and rebounded today on speculations that losses were excessive. Gains were limited, though, as the disagreement between European leaders hurt demand for higher-yielding assets.…
Posts published in May 2012
The Indian rupee dropped today as a disagreement for the European leaders about a way to tackle the debt problems lead to risk aversion sentiment on the Forex market that hurt riskier currencies of emerging markets. Still,…
CAD Reaches Four-Month Low vs. USD
The Canadian dollar slipped to the four-month low against its US counterpart and the three-month low versus the Japanese yen. The currency gained against the euro and the Australian dollar. Interestingly enough, traders were scared…
EUR/USD Breaks 1.26 Level, Traders Running from Euro
The euro fell below the 1.26 level against the US dollar, reaching lowest level since July 2010. That level was considered to provide strong support to the shared 17-nation currency and,…
The South African rand slumped against the US dollar today to the lowest level this year as slower-than-expected growth of consumer prices triggered speculations that the nation’s central bank would refrain from…
Euro Tanks as Greece Exit Considered More Likely
Euro is tanking today, heading lower as speculation about a Greek exit of the eurozone increases. Indeed, some think that there is a real threat for Greek withdrawal — and that such…
Bank of Japan Inaction Helps Yen
The Bank of Japan decided against taking any more action to ease at this time, and that is helping the Japanese yen. Forex traders had been expecting the Bank of Japan to ease further,…
The Great Britain pound dropped today, reaching the lowest level in a month against the US dollar and the lowest in two months versus the Japanese yen, after the minutes of the central bank’s monetary policy meeting…
AUD/USD Reaches This Year’s Low
The Australian dollar continued its tumble today, reaching the lowest level this year against the US dollar, as adverse market sentiment and the interest rate cut earlier this month are still…
The US dollar advanced today on fears of the worsening crisis in Europe that drove investors to safer currencies and the dollar in particular as the US economy continue to show signs of recovery. Traders are worried by decline…