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Brazilian Real Posts Weekly Drop on Chinese Demand

The Brazilian real, ranked as the best performing currency in foreign-exchange markets during the past year, posted another weekly drop and ended the month losing versus most of the main traded currencies as appeal for Brazilian…

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Canadian Dollar Falls Despite Positive GDP

The Canadian dollar ended another week declining versus its U.S. counterpart and lower-yielding currencies despite a report showing that the nation’s economy grew for another month, as the U.S. GDP report had…

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Swiss Franc Tumbles From Record High

The Swiss franc retreated versus the euro and the pound after gaining sharply, on speculations that the nation’s central bank intervened to control the franc’s rally. After the franc touched the highest level in 10 months…

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GDP Pushes Dollar Up Before Weekend

The dollar is going towards the end of this week with a positive performance versus most of its main trading partners currencies, after a GDP report published today brought figures beyond…

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Chilean Peso Down on Manufacturing Data

The Chilean peso is facing its longest losing trend in more than a year as a combination of international risk aversion with poor national economic data is causing an exodus of capital from…

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Polish Zloty Climbs on Country GDP

The zloty advanced today versus the euro after a GDP report showed that Poland was the only EU member country to dodge recession in 2009, bringing regional investors to inject capital betting…

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Euro Tumbles on Southern Regional Budget Deficits

The euro slid today versus virtually all of 16 main traded currencies on foreign-exchange markets as some Eurozone member countries raising budget deficit is still affecting attractiveness for assets in the region,…

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Yen Falls on Fed Positive Remarks

The Japanese currency ended a rally fueled by risk aversion as a Federal Reserve statement published yesterday brought optimism to financial markets globally, decreasing appeal for refuge investments available in Japan, specially versus…

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Romanian Leu Climbs on IMF Statements

The Romanian leu gained versus the euro today after the International Monetary Fund affirmed it will release the currently stopped bail out program for the eastern European country, allowing the leu to beat…

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