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EUR/USD Forex pair was still today again. Some insignificant volatility didn’t even break 15 pips corridor. This day was low on macroeconomic releases, except for major release by the Bank of England - minutes of their latest meeting in June 6 and 7. This publication added some more weight to pound moving GBP/USD slightly higher during the day. Minutes showed that there are two more possible interest rates adjustment for 0.25% by the end of 2007.

Bank of England voted to maintain its Bank Rate (interest rate) at 5.50% level - unchanged. It wasn’t a surprise for Forex traders, but there was a slight possibility of interest rate hike from the BoE, so results are more bearish for the pound. From the United States the Initial Jobless Claims data for the previous week came - 309,000 against 315,00 expected - good result which moved EUR/USD back below 1.3450 level returning to the bearish trend.

EUR/USD touched new its new monthly low at 1.3416. That was a very important movement for Euro bears, but the currency pair bounced back up to high 1.3500 very soon and then flattened down to 1.3460 - showing its volatile nature. Nevertheless, mid-term trend for EUR/USD can be seen as bearish. At the same time GBP returned its positions today on Forex market after Bank of England spoke about increasing interest rates by .50% not the usual and expected 0.25% giving a lot of strength to the Pound bulls. GBP/USD touched 1.9892 and then corrected a bit to 1.9850 level.