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A round up of the latest American Dollar forecast news items from the Currency News desk.

GBP/EUR Investors Await News On Greek Bailout Funding

21 Nov 2012 at 9 AM - Written by David Woodsmith

Discord and indecision marked yesterday’s session in the currency markets. A summit in Cambodia, attended by US President Barack Obama, descended into a bitter row between China and the Philippines regarding the ownership of a disputed string of Islands in the South China Sea, whilst China’s long-standing argument with Japan over the...

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Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Predictions : GBP to EUR, USD & CHF

20 Nov 2012 at 4 PM - Written by Frank Davies

The EURO has given up a modicum of ground against Sterling during today’s session, sending the GBP EUR exchange rate from its intraday low of 1.2416 back up into the mid-1.24s this afternoon. The shift out of euro-denominated assets comes ahead of this week’s key eurogroup decision on whether to allow Greece to drawdown on its latest...

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Pound Euro Exchange Rate Steady Despite Downgrade Of France?s Credit Rating

20 Nov 2012 at 9 AM - Written by Ben Hughes

The primary risk event of note during the overnight Asian session came in the form of the release of the minutes of the latest Reserve Bank of Australia monetary policy meeting. The Bank’s policymakers announced their latest policy decision on 6th November and they surprised market participants at this time by opting to maintain domestic...

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Spanish Banks' 'Bad Loans' Are At A Record High, Threatening Upward Move For GBP EUR Exchange Rate

19 Nov 2012 at 4 PM - Written by John Cameron

This morning’s session brought further bad news for the down-at-heel Spanish economy and for the euro. The latest Spanish ‘Bad Loans’ figures, released earlier, revealed that the combined volume of bad debt held by the troubled Iberian state’s retail banks climbed to a new record level in September. The weakening effect on the single...

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Gaza Crisis Threatens GBP USD Exchange Rate, More Funding For Greece Could See GBP EUR Tumble

19 Nov 2012 at 9 AM - Written by David Woodsmith

The dark clouds are looming over the global markets as this week’s session gets underway, leading to the prospect of a pronounced firming of the safe haven US Dollar. The weekend currency market close saw an escalation of the Arab-Israeli crisis, specifically in the Gaza strip. A rocket attack on a residential property in the region...

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Today's Pound Euro Exchange Rate Predictions : GBP to EUR & USD, AUD

16 Nov 2012 at 3 PM - Written by John Cameron

The EURO has been the big loser in the currency markets during today’s session, sending the GBP EUR exchange rate upwards from 1.2405 in early trading all the way up to 1.2466 in the middle part of this afternoon’s equities session. The single currency has been hampered by the continued absence of a cogent policy to tackle Europe’s...

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Pound Euro Exchange Rate Dips Following Poor UK Retail Sales Data

15 Nov 2012 at 6 PM - Written by David Woodsmith

There was further grim news for clients holding Sterling-denominated assets during today’s session, with the release of the latest set of domestic Retail Sales data from the UK Office of National Statistics. The October numbers showed at a much lower than anticipated annualised 1.1% - down from September’s counterpart figure of 2.7%. The...

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FOMC Minutes Leave GBP USD Rate Unaltered, Eurozone Anti-Austerity Protests Threaten EUR

15 Nov 2012 at 9 AM - Written by Ben Hughes

Last night’s release of the minutes of the most recent Federal Reserve FOMC meeting proved to be significant. The memos from the Fed’s monetary policy meeting from earlier this month revealed that several Fed policymakers were in favour of scrapping the US’s ‘Operation Twist’, which sees the US central bank swap long dated gilts for...

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Pound Suffers As BoE Governor Touts UK Stagflation, EUR And USD Steady

14 Nov 2012 at 2 PM - Written by Minesh Chaudhari

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King’s words of earlier today had their usual effect of raising loud alarm bells regarding the state of the UK economy, triggering losses for Sterling against the majority of the other major currencies. King summoned up the spectre of stagflation for the struggling British economy, stating in his post BoE...

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Pound Looks To Extend Yesterday?s Gains Against EUR, USD and AUD With Release Of Employment Data

14 Nov 2012 at 9 AM - Written by Frank Davies

Today’s data schedule affords the Pound an early opportunity to build on yesterday’s gains with this morning’s release of key British employment data and the Bank of England’s latest inflation report. Yesterday’s broad Sterling strength was driven by a significantly higher than anticipated UK CPI inflation figure for October,...

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