On Friday the dollar extended its losses against the yen in a fluctuating Asia trade, underscoring investors’ wariness over softness in the global economy and markets given the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged...
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18 September 2015, 08:58 #Janet Yellen, Nikkei, FOMC
On Tuesday the Swiss National Bank (SNB) decided to keep its main interest rate at -0.75 percent, signalling that the local currency was "significantly overvalued...
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17 September 2015, 16:25
On Thursday the greenback remained lower against its peers, shrugging off data that showed that U.S. jobless claims fell more than expected last week...
Currency
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17 September 2015, 15:44 #usd/jpy, GBP/USD, forex news
A survey of more than 6,000 members of the Federation of Small Business (FSB) indicated that 47% would vote to stay if the referendum was held today, with 41% against and 11% undecided. Just over 1% said they would not vote or preferred not to say, The Guardian reports...
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17 September 2015, 15:03
Gold prices were trading close to their highest level in a week on Thursday as weak U.S. inflation data weighed on the dollar and raised hopes that the Federal Reserve would hold off hiking interest rates...
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17 September 2015, 14:28 #metals, GBP/USD, EUR/USD
The pound was slightly higher against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, after data showed that U.K. retail sales rose in line with expectations in August. Earlier, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that UK retail sales volume rose by 0...
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17 September 2015, 11:33 #GBP/USD, forex news
The New Zealand dollar slipped lower against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday, after data showed that the New Zealand economy grew at a slower pace than expected in the second quarter. Meanwhile, the Aussie declined after hitting three-week highs ahead of a highly-awaited Fed decision on rates...
Currency
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17 September 2015, 09:03 #FOMC, Fed
There is no looming physical gold crisis despite lingering rumors, and gold inventories in Comex vaults are well stocked according to two separate reports issued on the same day...
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16 September 2015, 23:01 #comex, metals, gold
The dollar was broadly lower Wednesday after data showed U.S. consumer prices contracted in August for the first time since the beginning of 2015...
Currency
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16 September 2015, 17:14 #inflation, GBP/USD
New York-based consultancy CPM Group sees gold as an “excellent investment at current prices” in the long term, as a steep rally could still be a couple of years away...
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16 September 2015, 15:27 #comex, metals, gold