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EUR/USD was rising today amid speculations that Greece made progress in talks about debt-swap, but the currency pair dropped sharply later. All fundamental reports from the United States were negative today, reducing appeal of the US currency.

S&P/Case-Shiller home price index fell from 138.39 in October …

EUR/USD was falling today as Italy sold less debt than the maximum target at the auction and yield rose. The last US reports this year were good with the exception of unemployment claims that climbed last week. Currently, EUR/USD goes higher, erasing much of its losses.

Initial jobless claims…

EUR/USD surged today after the Federal Reserve and five other banks of developed nations announced their agreement to cut interest rates on dollar liquidity swaps. (Event A on the chart.) This measure is viewed by market commentators as a help for European banks to fund its dollar reserves. Before the announcement the currency pair was …

EUR/USD extended its decline for the third straight session today as Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said he’s going to put the European Union bailout plans for Greece to a referendum. A negative vote may lead to a default of the nation. The reports from the US yesterday and today signaled that the economic growth is slowing. …

The dollar rose significantly against the euro today, as the poor macroeconomic statistics from the United States and the global risk-averting mood caused investors to seek safety in USD. Both rising business and consumer confidence in the United States failed to support the currency pair.

Personal income and spending report disappointed the investors today. The income fell …

EUR/USD traded mostly sideways today. It plunged down recently, but quickly recovers as of present time. The fundamentals in the US are mixed. While employment was even worse than expected by rather pessimistic analysts, Chicago Business Barometer fell less than predicted and factory orders increased above expectations.…

The euro rallied against the US dollar today immediately after the GDP report was released in the United States and continued to rise afterwards as more dollar-negative data figures were released there.

Annualized GDP growth in the second quarter of 2011 was at 1.3% in US. The growth followed a 0.4% rise (revised negatively from …

Today we’ve seen the fourth day of EUR/USD rally. Economists expect that the European Central Bank will boost its interest rates next week. The business activity in the US improved this month, but unemployment wasn’t decreasing as fast as expected. EUR/USD trades at 1.4519 now.

Initial jobless claims was …

EUR/USD jumped today to the highest level in three weeks on anticipation of a bailout for Greece. All US economic reports were below forecasts today, further boosting the currency pair. EUR/USD trades near 1.4378 now.

S&P/Case-Shiller home price index (seasonally-adjusted) declined by 3.5% in March 2011 from March 2010. Traders …

The dollar recovered against the euro today after a bearish performance earlier as some positive news regarding personal income and spending coming out in the United States during the day. Mixed sentiment indexes continued to play in the greenback’s favor. EUR/USD is now trading near 1.4821.

Personal income increased by 0.5% in the US …