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ZAR Heads for Biggest Weekly Drop

The South African rand headed for the biggest weekly loss against the U.S. dollar in the last three months as the traders were concerned that the high…

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Australian Dollar Gains on Higher GDP

The Australian dollar benefited today from the better than expected first quarter GDP growth as the Reserve Bank of Australia may start considering interest rate hikes again.…

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Yen Appreciates on Lehman Worries

The Japanese yen gained today against its usual carry trade counterparts as the markets worried about the Lehman Brothers loss, which might be signaling for a financial crisis…

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Aussie Goes Down on Weak Retail Sales

The Australian currency dropped today on Forex as the government bonds rose after the report on the April retail sales showed a decline of this important indicator. The retail sales…

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Saudi Arabia to Keep Dollar Peg

Saudi Arabia’s Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf agreed with the U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson that the riyal’s peg to dollar is serving good to the country’s economy and assured him that…

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Dollar Heads for Second Monthly Gain

Today the U.S. dollar continued to head for its second monthly gain against such currencies as the euro and the Japanese yen as the country’s economical situation showed some…

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Dollar Sees a Third Day of Growth

The U.S. dollar rose today to highest against the euro since May 20 as the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said that the interest rate increase…

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