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EUR/USD Declines, Yet Remains Stronger Than Yesterday

March 17th, 2011

EUR/USD were rising at the first half of today’s trading session and started to decline later, but for now it trades above the opening level. The reports today were generally positive, with the notable exception of the industrial production and capacity utilization that declined in February. EUR/USD trades at 1.3991 now.

Initial jobless claims

EUR/USD Rises on Jobless Claims & Leading Indicators

February 17th, 2011

EUR/USD advanced today for the second day as the unemployment claims rose and the leading indicators grew less than predicted in the US. On the bright side, the report about the business activity was very optimistic. The currency pair was slowly declining throughout the day, but began to rise after the reports. EUR/USD trades now at 1.3598.…

Skyrocketing Real Estate Sales Drop EUR/USD

January 20th, 2011

The euro have failed to stand against the US dollar today when some important macroeconomic data was released. The first bearish wave was launched by the weekly employment data, but it was recovered in a correction, the second wave was launched by the housing data and it was more successful. EUR/USD is …

EUR/USD Advances as Concerns for Ireland Recedes

November 18th, 2010

EUR/USD advanced for a second day today as talks that a bailout will allow to contain Ireland’s debt problems suppressed concerns somewhat. Today’s report from the US were generally in line with forecasts, except Philadelphia Fed index, which was much better than initially expected. EUR/USD trades now …

US Economy Improves Less than Predicted, EUR/USD Goes Up

October 21st, 2010

EUR/USD rose today as economic data from the US was less encouraging than expected. On the other hand, the data wasn’t very bad by itself: jobless claims decreased, manufacturing conditions improved a little and leading indicators rose. EUR/USD currently trades at about 1.4027 after it dropped to the intraday low of 1.3872.…

EUR/USD Down on Good Reports from US, Bad Data from EU

September 23rd, 2010

EUR/USD currency slipped today as economic data from Europe suggested about struggling recovery, while reports from the US, including existing home sales and leading indicators, were encouraging. Number of unemployment claims unexpectedly increased, though. EUR/USD trades currently near 1.3332.

Initial jobless claims posted an increase …

EUR/USD Goes Up on Signs of Faltering Economic Recovery

August 19th, 2010

EUR/USD rose today, following yesterday’s decline, as reports from the US today were really bad. Unemployment claims posted increased instead of expected decline and the report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia showed that manufacturing activity contracted. EUR/USD trades now near 1.2881.

Initial jobless claims went …

Dollar Declines on Poor Macro Reports

July 22nd, 2010

EUR/USD rose today above the yesterday’s open level as the macroeconomic reports from U.S. showed that the economy is recovering too slowly. Employment, housing and economic reports turned out to be negative today. The currency pair is now trading near 1.2920.

Initial jobless claims rose from 427k …

Dollar Weakens vs. Euro on Unfavorable Macroeconomic Reports

June 17th, 2010

The euro erased its yesterday’s losses against the U.S. dollar as Spanish bond auction alleviated fears of the European debt crisis, while the dollar was weakened by some unfavorable macroeconomic reports. An unexpected increase of initial jobless claims and a sharp drop of Philadelphia Fed index were especially frustrating. EUR/USD currency pair …

Euro Falls Against Dollar Despite Unfavorable Reports from U.S.

May 20th, 2010

The EUR/USD experienced significant volatility today as it was unclear whose economy is in worse shape — European economy or economy of the U.S. The number of jobless claims rose unexpectedly in the U.S., suggesting that the economic expansion may be lagging. Despite an unfavorable data from the U.S. the European Union debt crisis managed …

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