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Yen Tumbles as Australia Fuels Risk Rally

The Japanese currency declined in the beginning of this Thursday’s session on Australia’s better than expected employment data, which increased attractiveness for riskier assets as the South Pacific economy recovery improves confidence among traders.
The yen, known as the best refuge currency for times of uncertainty, declined today as unemployment surprisingly fell in Australia, bringing Japanese investors to buy riskier assets overseas, as the Australian economic recovery indicates better economic conditions not only in the South Pacific region but also among its main trading partners.
AUD/JPY traded at 85.01 as of 02:35 GMT from a previous rate of 83.89 in the intraday chart.
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Canadian Dollar Rebounds After Bearish Days
Aussie Dollar Falls on New Home Loans

The Australian dollar fell sharply versus
Basically everything worked against the Australian dollar today as a report in the country showed that new home loans decreased the most in more than a year, in a day were equities dropped and demand for commodities declined, after China imposed new lending requirements for banks.
AUD/USD declined to 0.9200 as of 19:38 GMT from a previous rate of 0.9310. AUD/JPY dropped to 83.64 from 85.64.
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Chilean Peso Drops After Copper Rally

The Chilean peso outperformed most of the main traded currencies as a copper price rally boosted appeal for assets in Chile, which declined this Friday after the metallic commodities failed to extend their gains.
The Chilean currency had a very positive performance apart from this Friday’s slide, as the economy showed signs of improvement according to the nation’s central bank, and the copper, responsible for one quarter of Chilean exports, had an increase on its rates and demand grows globally. In the last day of this week’s session, the copper retreated bringing the peso down as well.
USD/CLP closed this week at 493.95 after trading as low as 490.95 this Friday.
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U.S. GDP grew by 3.5% in third quarter
GDP growth in the third quarter was the first in the current year and the most significant in the past two years.
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Euro clawed back recent losses as investors moved into the “riskier” currency
The dollar snapped four days of gains against the euro as the US economy returned to growth in the three months through September, officially exiting recession.
- The US government’s advance estimate showed gross domestic product grew at an annualised rate of 3.5% in the third quarter, the first rise since the second quarter of 2008, which beat expectations for a reading of 3.3%.
Index of confidence in the euro-zone economy grew more than expected in October
The index of consumer confidence (Euro-Zone Consumer Confidence) for October increased to -19 points to -18 points in the forecast -17 points.
The index of confidence in the business community (Business Climate Indicator) was -1.78 points for October at the previous value of -2.07 points and prognosis of -1.90 points.
Pound edges higher against a stronger dollar, which found support from weak consumer sentiment
Sterling closed up against the dollar yesterday, but slipped back nearly a cent from its intra-day high after a survey showed that consumer confidence in the US disappointed market expectations.
Sterling made gains against the aussie as the price of gold fell back
The pound posted gains against the aussie yesterday, reversing its steep fall at the end of last week as investors cashed profits, closing up 0.8% at 1.7822.
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The index of national activity in the United States overcame the bar recession
Note that the index of national activity is calculated on the basis of 85 different economic indicators.
The average value of the index of activity for the three-month period from July to September rose to a negative value of -0.63 compared with -0.96 in the previous period, from June to August.
Sterling halted its recent rally and is slipping back sharply against the kiwi as UK GDP figure disappoints
The pound was broadly sold on Friday following a weak GDP figure, losing three cents to the kiwi dollar, to close back down at 2.1607.
Aussie resumes its climb against the pound, but has capped gains this morning
The aussie dollar continued its upward trend yesterday, pushing on nearly one percent against the pound following bullish words from an RBA official.
- The Australian dollar rose as a Reserve Bank of Australia official said a move to “more normal” interest rates was appropriate, indicating that the yield gap may widen further.
- Philip Lowe, assistant governor of the RBA, also mentioned at the conference in Sydney that it was “appropriate” to remove monetary stimulus as the economy improves boosting demand for higher-yielding assets.
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