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Euro up as Australian job data raises risk appetite

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

The euro was bolstered against the yen and dollar today, as better than expected Australian jobs data spurred investors to buy riskier assets. The euro rose to 134.62 against the yen and $1.49889 against the dollar in the Asian session, and could extend its gains against the greenback if US weekly jobless claims data shows [...]

Yen bolstered as investors move from riskier assets

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The yen rose against the euro and dollar on Friday, as investors move from riskier currencies after a stream of bad US economic data. Things may get worse for the greenback later today as key US employment data is released, and if poor may accelerate the yen’s gains.
The yen saw a gain of 0.2% against [...]

Euro hits one year high against the dollar

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

The dollar took another fall on Tuesday propelling the euro to a one year high against the US currency, as investors resumed selling ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary meeting later on this week.
Analysts believe that the fall of the dollar is also due to the Group of 20 summit to be held this week [...]

Dollar rises against euro to end one year low

Friday, September 18th, 2009

The dollar edged up against a host of currencies on Friday and ended a year’s low against the euro, hit the day before as investors turned back to the ailing US currency. The dollar had been on a downward spiral since March as investors shifted to more risky assets due to signs that the economy [...]

Yen up against euro and dollar after Bernanke’s Wall Street Journal column

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

The yen was up against the euro and dollar in Asia this morning after the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke released a Wall Street Journal article that stated that the central bank would have to stiffen its monetary policies in the future.
In the article, Mr Bernanke wrote that, “Accommodative policies will likely be warranted for [...]