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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Swiss Franc Weakens This Week, Reverses Downtrend by Weekend

The Swiss franc was down for the second week as prospects of peg of the currency to the euro significantly reduced appeal of the franc a safe ass...

The uncertain economic situation on market creates great demand for safer currencies. Governments, worried by resulting appreciation, attempt to intervene to rein excessive appreciation of such currencies. Today, the Swiss franc was one of the currencies that felt pressu...

The Swiss franc weakened for the second trading session as the positive macroeconomic data from Europe boosted stocks and commodities, reducing investors’ need for safety of the fra...

The Swiss franc snapped its decline today as the speculation about potential slowdown of the global economic growth returned attractiveness to safe currenci...

Friday, August 26th, 2011 The Swiss franc slumped today after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben. S. Bernanke spoke today, improving sentiment on markets, while rumors abound that Switzerland’s policy makers are preparing another action to weaken the Swiss...

The Swiss franc gained today for the second day, snapping yesterday its three-day downfall versus the US dollar and the euro, as the Swiss National Bank hasn’t announced new measures to curb franc’s streng...

The Swiss franc climbed today against the US dollar, extending its rally for the third day, after the non-farm payrolls showed that US employers weren’t adding jobs last mon...

The franc plunged today, posting the biggest decline against the euro in all times, after the Swiss National Bank decided to set limit of franc’s appreciation versus the eu...

The Swiss franc fell today against most major currencies as Economy Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann said that the currency is “massively overvalued” even after the central bank pegged the franc to the euro. The franc advanced against the euro tod...

The Swiss franc rose today even after the Swiss National Bank left the benchmark interest rate at zero at pledged to maintain the peg of the nation’s currency to the eu...

The Swedish krona fell for another day this Wednesday as optimism in the Eurozone and negative releases in the Nordic country declined attractiveness regionally for assets in Swed...

The Swedish krona rose today to the highest level in two years versus the US dollar on the speculation that the central bank would perform its monetary tightening plans and as the economic data was favorab...

The Swedish krona gained today after the report showed the retail sales grew more than predicted, increasing the probability of the interest rates hi...

The Swedish krona rose for the second day versus the US dollar and reached the highest level in 10 years against the euro on the speculation that the strong global economic growth will increase demand for Sweden’s asse...

The Swedish krona strengthened today, rising to the highest level in two and a half years versus the US dollar, after the report showed that Sweden’s economic growth beat forecas...

The Swedish krone declined today as the inflation pressure weakened, reducing need for the central bank to increase the interest rat...

The Swedish krona strengthened today after the government raised its growth forecast for the nation’s economy, adding to reasons for the central bank to raise its interest rat...

The Swedish krona jumped to the highest level in more than two and a half years after the central bank raised the interest rates to slow the inflati...

The Swedish krona today fell against all its most-traded peers as the government slashed its growth forecast for the nation’s economy, spurring speculation that the central bank won’t be able to increase lending rat...

The Swedish krona fell as the report showed that manufacturing in Sweden contracted last month, reinforcing outlook that the nation’s central bank would cut interest rat...

Last week was very important for the US dollar because the currency reversed its bearish trend and strengthened versus most of its counterparts. This week can be even more important as it may confirm the trend or break ...

The Japanese yen rose sharply on the last Friday after the earthquake hit the country, spurring risk aversion and demand for the currency as a safe haven. Today the currency slipped as the government and the central bank attempt to deal with the results...

The euro surged last week as the European leaders made some preliminary agreements about resolving the sovereign debt crisis. The improving sentiment about the ability of Japan to recover from the disaster also helped the currency. Can the shared European currency maintain its...

This week promises to be very important for the US dollar as there will be many fundamental reports, including the very important non-farm payrolls. Will they confirm the tendency of the US economy to improve, increasing the probability of an interest rates hike? The answer...

This week has started with market sentiment turning to risk aversion mood and such sentiment may remain for the rest of the week. This can be both positive and negative for the US curre...

The euro started this week very poor. The currency currently shows weak attempts to regain its footing, but most analysts have a very negative outlook for the euro in the near-term. The reason remains the same: sovereign-debt cris...

Iraqi dinar can be an interesting option for traders who look for currencies with great potential for profit. But such potential often comes with higher risk. How investor can predict performance of the din...

Following the Friday’s US credit rating downgrade by Standard & Poor’s the Forex traders are wondering how will the currencies react tomorrow and where will the dollar head during the next few wee...

The Swiss franc is considered one of the most attractive currencies (if not the most attractive) nowadays as the strength of the franc makes it preferable as a safe haven. With all the financial turmoil in Europe and America the safety of the currency...

The Great Britain pound fell during the previous week, but rose at the beginning of this week. Could it be a sign that the sterling is going to reverse its bearish trend? The currently available data shows that such case is unlike...

The increased the interest rates today for its third meeting in a row to efficiently fight the accelerating inflation caused by the growing food and oil pric...

The Indonesian rupiah advanced today to the strongest level in almost three months as Indonesia’s economy expanded with the fastest pace in six ye...

The Indonesian rupiah advanced for the third day today on positive outlook for the biggest economy of Southeast Asia, caused by the inflow of foreign fun...

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened today as concerns about the European debt crisis eased, increasing appeal of riskier currenci...

The Indonesian central bank intervened, selling dollars, to support the Indonesian rupiah that was weakened by the pessimistic outlook for the currencies of the emerging marke...

The Israeli New Sheqel rose today as the difference between Israel’s and the US interest rates attracted investors to the curren...

The Israeli currency had the sharpest fall in 4 months today as the government is likely to increase a dollar purchasing program to stimulate the national curren...

The Chilean peso suffered with the side effects of positive reports in North America that attracted traders to purchase assets in the U.S., leaving emerging markets in a second plan for traders to invest their money, despite a considerable level of risk appetite in today’s...

The Chilean peso oddly profited from a natural tragedy that impacted the country in the first night of this month, as speculations suggest that the reconstruction process in the country, will allow the country’s economy to accelera...

Chilean Peso Profits from Earthquake Damage

The Chilean peso gained, cutting its losing streak, which it experienced for three weeks, on speculation that the government and insurers may start selling dollars, to pay for fixing the damage caused by the earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 magnitu...

The Chilean peso declined today versus the euro as the global equities and the commodity prices dropped, feeling the impact of the banking troubles in Spain and the conflict on the Korean peninsu...

The Chilean peso weakened today against the euro as the industrial output and sales rose less than forecast and the mining production fe...

The Chilean peso rose today as the outlook for the exports of the raw materials improved after the US and China reported about the better-than-expected growth of the manufacturi...

The Chilean peso dropped today most in twenty years after the central bank announced its intention to purchase $12 billion in the foreign-exchange mar...

The Chilean peso rose today as the inflation is expected to jump to the highest level in two years, causing the analysts to scrap forecasts that the interest rates won’t be increas...

The Chilean peso fell today as the economic data suggested that the US economy is slowing, therefore reducing demand from investors for higher-yielding, but riskier, currenci...

The Great Britain pound fell today against the euro and fluctuated versus the dollar as the signs that the economy of the UK is weakening made the sterling less attractive to Forex trade...

The Great Britain pound weakened against the Japanese yen and slowed its advance versus the US dollar after the report showed the UK economy grew with slower pace in the second quart...

The Great Britain pound gained against the US dollar as bad US non-farm payrolls reduced attractiveness of the greenback. The sterling also moved higher versus the euro as traders are concerned about the European econo...