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Australian Dollar Pare Losses on Inflation


The Australian dollar managed to gain versus

lower-yielding currencies before a report to be released this week in the country is likely to show an advance in inflation in the last year’s last quarter, helping speculations that a series of interest rates in the country will restart.

The Aussie rebounded after losing versus most of lower-yielding currencies last week as risk aversion remained predominant in majority of trading hours. Investors in the South Pacific region are waiting an inflation report to be released on Jan 27th expecting positive numbers as forecasts suggest an advance for the country’s prices in the last quarter of 2009, which would provide grounds for a new series of interest rate hikes by Australian policy makers.

AUD/USD traded at 0.9053 as of 00:09 GMT from a previous rate 0.9034 when markets opened Sunday evening.

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Dollar Benifits From Chinese Lending Requirements


The dollar gained today versus most of the 16 main traded currencies as China tightened its lending restrictions, raising risk aversion in

foreign-exchange markets affecting high-yielding currencies the most, as investors search for safer bets.

The U.S.

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Norwegian Krone Tumbles as Commodities Rally Slow Down


After several days gaining versus the dollar and the euro, the Norwegian currency slid versus main traded currencies as a bearish day in equities markets and decreased demand for commodities shunned investors from assets in the Nordic country.

The Norwegian krone was affected today as the crude oil, the nation’s chief export, had a decline on its rates after China imposed new lending requirements for banks in the country, affecting markets’ sentiment, consequently impacting stock markets and demand for high-yielding currencies.

USD/NOK traded at 5.6518 as of 19:08 GMT from today’s opening rate of 5.6174.

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The kiwi retreated at the end of last week on a rise in risk aversion

The kiwi dollar struggled on Friday enabling the pound to jump 1.4%, briefly nearing the 2.30 level, as risk appetite in the market waned.

  • Higher-risk currencies struggled to make headway at the end of last week as the rally in global equities in the wake of the positive US GDP data came to an abrupt halt.

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The euro lost ground to the dollar on Friday as the rally in equities came to a halt

The dollar strengthened, consolidating after broad selling on the back of data showing strong US growth, gaining over a cent on the single currency.

  • Equities took a sharp downturn at the end of last week, having rallied after the positive US GDP data, most likely as a result of end of month profit taking, which buoyed demand for the greenback.

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Dollar was buoyed at the end of last week as risk appetite waned

The greeback pulled back from its sharp sell-off on Thursday, as weak US economic data spurred a return to risk aversion.

  • In early trading, the dollar continued to lose ground following the better-than-expected US growth data, however the GBP/USD rally was capped at 1.6600, and the UK currency pulled down steadily, eventually closing down 0.6% ay 1.6448.

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Pound edged up slightly against the euro on Friday but is down around 0.7% in trading this morning

The pound edged higher, achieving its biggest weekly advance against the euro since January, as signs pointed to the UK economic recovery talking hold.

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Euro / dollar remains under pressure

A pleasant surprise from the report, Chicago PMI, as well as a slightly higher rate of index of consumer sentiment for October, the University of Michigan failed to inspire the bulls in the euro / dollar for a new assault attempt.

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Kiwi strenghtened broadly yesterday, but the pound has stemmed its losses in trading this morning

Better-than-expected GDP figures in the US caused risk appetite to surge across the board enabling the kiwi to post gains of over a cent against the pound.

  • The solid GDP figure in the US renewed optimism about recovery in the global economy, prompting investors to buy higher-yielding currencies.

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With the US exiting recession, investors moved into higher-yielding assets bossting the aussie

The aussie dollar reversed recent losses yesterday after positive US GDP data encouraged investors to buy-back into perceived riskier currencies.

  • The aussie pulled back nearly two cents, or 1.0%, bringing the sterling/aussie pair back down to trade around 1.80 as the data spurred demand for risk.

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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%.

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Weak US data enabled the US dollar to continue clawing back losses against the euro

The single currency slipped further away from recent 14-month highs against the dollar yesterday, losing nearly a cent to close down at 1.4707.

  • The US dollar rose, stretching a rally against the euro to a fourth day, supported by weak U.S.

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Sterling edged up against the dollar and is currently consolidating over 1.64 ahead of US GDP data

Sterling closed marginally up against the US currency yesterday, although the price was pulled back significantly following weak US housing data.

  • In early trading, the pound lost ground to the dollar as falls in equity prices encouraged investors to trim their exposure to perceived higher risk currencies.
  • UK stocks slid to a three-week low, helping to push the price down to 1.63, well under a level just below 1.67 reached only a week ago.
  • The pound was then able to make slight gains in the afternoon after positive durable goods data weakened dollar demand, but the pair found resistance at 1.64.
  • This data was then offset in the afternoon after it was revealed that sales of new homes in the US declined in September, against analyst expectations of a slight increase, which supported an upside movement
  • In trading today, markets will take direction from the US third-quarter GDP figure at 09:30, which is predicted to show a growth rate of 3.3%. Should it undershoot this forecast, investors are likely to move back into the dollar.

Falling global equities enabled the pound to post gains against the euro

The pound continued to advance against a broadly weaker single currency yesterday, hitting a six-week high of 1.1167 as investors trimmed their euro holdings.

  • Preliminary CPI data from Germany revealed that consumer prices remained flat on the year in October. Monthly data showed that the index did rise by 0.1% in October from September, though this rise failed to garner support for the euro.
  • The markets also saw a slight withdrawal of risk activity yesterday as weak housing data in the US renewed concern over the health of the global recovery.
  • The data dragged European equities down to three-week lows, which appeared to impact more severely on the single-currency, enabling the pound to gain.
  • This morning, the pound is consolidating its position above 1.1100, with analysts reiterating that sterling is likely to remain in a holding pattern until next week’s BoE asset purchase decision.
  • Investors are cautious amid uncertainty over whether the Central Bank will extend their quantitative easing programme, and so sterling movements may continue to be dictated by risk appetite in over the coming days.

Sales data took the pound higher against the kiwi, continues to climb in trading this morning

The pound made up further ground on the kiwi dollar, gaining 0.65% after positive sales data supported evidence that the UK economy is still on the road to recovery.

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