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The dollar started the week reverting last week’s trend versus the euro and dropped as risk appetite reappeared in markets this Monday, forcing equities up and declining appeal for the safety of the greenback. Personal spending and income increased in the U.S. adding appeal for riskier assets as ISM PMI index rose for another month. EUR/USD currently…

Finally a change in the EUR/USD currency pair trend was perceived today after a frustrating new home sales report, that came much below forecasts and declining attractiveness for assets in the U.S., after the dollar gained for several straight days versus the euro. After the report, the euro entered an uptrend versus the greenback and currently…

The EUR/USD currency pair was highly influenced today by the rather optimistic market indicator releases. Decreased jobless claims, improved housing market and higher personal spending were the prevailing factors that were pushing the euro up against the dollar, which is often suffering during positive U.S. macroeconomic…

The dollar is rising against the euro today, almost snapping the yesterday gain on EUR/USD, as the personal income and spending statistics worsened in September. The macroeconomic reports that were released today sent the stock markets down after a yesterday rally and the euro continued it’s weekly slump, showing a biggest 5-day drop since…

EUR/USD dropped today, going below the yesterday’s positive trading session’s open level. The traders probably react on the improved personal income and spending growth report, betting for the faster U.S. economy’s recovery. On the other hand, a growth of the dollar may be a result of the bad jobless claims report. Currently EUR/USD is trading…

EUR/USD rose today at a relatively slow pace after posting its biggest daily gain since August 3 yesterday. The rather good personal income/spending data that came out in U.S. today helped the traders to decide in favor of more risky and yielding assets, including the euro. EUR/USD is now trading…

EUR/USD pair showed a technical small correction after three days of growth (two of which were extremely strong). The euro reacted to the decrease of the personal income in United States. After reaching its highest level since mid-December, EUR/USD is now trading near 1.4388.

Personal income decreased by 1.3%…

Euro continued to advance sharply against the U.S. dollar today as the U.S. are witnessing their biggest bankruptcy case in history. Economic indicators that came out from the United States today (other than GM bankruptcy) were better than expected. EUR/USD is now trading near 1.4209.…

EUR/USD spiked up during the early trading session reaching as high as 1.3385 (the highest level since April 13) after opening at 1.3256 but after the fundamental reports in U.S. showed that the world’s biggest economy is stalling the currency pair rolled back below the daily open level. It’s now trading…

EUR/USD fell very deep today, mostly before any fundamental news from the U.S. were released, as the pessimism on the global stock markets mirrored itself onto the Forex market. The currency pair is now trading near 1.3311.

Personal income fell by 0.2% in February in U.S.,…