A whole host of figures from China: New Yuan Loans moderating significantly (but higher than expected) at 700B. Retail Sales strong, but Industrial Production a lot weaker than expected and AUD and ASX200 are down with commodities under pressure as forex news :: view details »

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Asian markets were mixed today as more data out of China suggests the economy may be 'overheating,' fueling concerns that the government may begin scaling back stimulus measures. With better than expected reports on GDP, CGPI, and inflation, investo forex news :: view details »

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Asian markets were relatively flat today after a lackluster performance in US equities. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou met with President Obama in Washington yesterday to discuss efforts to fight speculation. Papandreou blames speculators fo forex news :: view details »

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New Zealand is so far east that they've already started their Thursday well ahead of the close of the New York. The RBNZ decided not to decide on anything new and kept rates at 2.50% as expected. They also left the rhetoric regarding the timing of t forex news :: view details »

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There was again no hard fresh news to guide the price action in the major currency cross rate. Nevertheless, concerns on the budgetary situation in Europe and the UK (reinforced by comments from rating agency Fitch) continue to weigh on the euro and forex news :: view details »

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While lower against the yen and commodity currencies, the dollar was higher versus the European currencies on Tuesday. The S&P 500 rose 1.95 on the bull market's 1-year anniversary to 1,140.45, up 69% since hitting a 12-year low of 676.53 one year a forex news :: view details »

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The Fed's Evans ties US monetary policy outlook to the labor market. According to Evans, the Fed will need to keep monetary policy accommodative for quite some time because of the weak US labor market. Evan's specifically cited the length of unemplo forex news :: view details »

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Machine orders in Japan dropped in January after it showed progress by the end of last year reaching the highest since August 2000. Japanese companies still concerned about the strength of recovery after stimulus measures waned and some major econom forex news :: view details »

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The USD is trading higher with GBP pressured by a Moody's rate cut warning, weak UK house price data and UK election polls which show the Conservatives and Labor party are running even, GBP was also pressured by Fitch's cautious outlook on the UK ec forex news :: view details »

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There will be something of a lull in US trends in the very short term with markets awaiting further economic data later this week. The main focus is likely to be on the Euro-zone economy and Euro in the near term. Positive news will push the Euro hi forex news :: view details »

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The Dollar was firmer against its major European rivals in overnight trading. The main reason for the risk aversion were downbeat comments from rating agencies on Europe and the UK, and a dissipation of the rally started from last Friday’s non-farm forex news :: view details »

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Bonds caught fire in trading today after failing to follow through yesterday, and this triggered the usual response in the JPY crosses, with the JPY taking back much of the previous two days' losses. Significantly for the general JPY outlook, USDJPY forex news :: view details »

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