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EUR/USD gained today after yield on Spanish, Italian and Dutch bonds fell, weakening fears of the European crisis. US manufacturing and housing sectors showed good performance, but that didn’t help consumer confidence that unexpectedly worsened.

S&P/Case-Shiller home price index rose to 136.71 in February from 136.5 in January. …

EUR/USD fell today as macroeconomic data showed that the US economy is stabilizing, reducing need for stimulative measures. Housing and consumer confidence data wasn’t very good, but, still, decline of the housing index slowed and consumer sentiment index remained near the highest level in a year. Manufacturing data, on the other hand, …

EUR/USD advanced today as the European Central Bank prepares to distribute unlimited three-year funds among European banks. The currency pair was down yesterday as Group of Twenty refused to help Europe and Standard & Poor’s reduced Greece’s credit rating to selective default. Economic data from the United State wasn’t particularly …

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 rising today, stalled, then sharply dropped, and currently trades sideways, remaining above the opening level. The gains aren’t big, though. The report about the US housing market wasn’t good, but manufacturing and consumer sentiment showed signs of improvement.

Seasonally adjusted S&P/Case-Shiller home price index fell …

EUR/USD was rising today on the speculation that the European leaders will seek a way out of the crisis. The European finance ministers are meeting today to discuss measures for boosting the bailout fund. The currency pair gave away most of its gains on concerns that the talks won’t be followed by some meaningful actions. …

EUR/USD was trading flat for the most part of today’s trading session, but later started to decline. At present, the currency pair rebounded and is trading near its opening level as the fundamental data from the US was unexpectedly bad. Most reports showed worsening condition of the US economy and all of them were …

The EUR/USD currency pair rose today at fastest pace since September 15, as the Forex market reacted on the optimistic speculations that the eurozone’s politicians will find the way out of debt troubles for Greece and other fiscally unstable members of the union. The mediocre macroeconomic stats that were released in the United States today and yesterday …

EUR/USD dropped today as the comments of European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet yesterday made traders believe that the ECB is going to pause its interest rates hikes. Today’s report about home prices, that turned out to be a little better than expected, drove the currency pair further …

The euro gained against the US dollar before the macroeconomic reports of today were released in the United States. Its gain can be connected to the US public debt ceiling debates. Following today’s fundamental releases, the dollar managed to regain some of the losses. EUR/USD is currently trading near 1.4468.

S&P Case …