* U.S. Jan CPI, durables goods data soothe economic worries * Euro falls to 1-month low vs dollar, 3-week low vs yen * U.S. rate hike may happen in summer or fall -Fed’s Williams * Dollar has modest effect on policy, economy -Fed’s Bullard (Updates market action, headline, bullets) By Richard Leong NEW YORK, Feb Read More
February 2015
NEW YORK (MarketWatch)—The ICE U.S. Dollar Index rose to its highest level since 2003 Thursday, as currency traders bet that a stronger-than-expected core consumer-price index number will prompt the Federal Reserve to raise Read More
NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar reached a fresh one-month peak against a basket of currencies early on Thursday afternoon as U.S. yields rose to session highs after poor demand at an auction of $ 29 billion of seven-year Treasuries notes . The dollar index advanced to 95.357 shortly after the seven-year Read More
* U.S. Jan CPI data soothes jitters about disinflation * Euro falls to 1-month low vs dollar, 3-week low vs yen * Dollar index rises to highest in a month (Updates market action; changes dateline, previous LONDON) By Richard Leong NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters) – The dollar climbed to a one-month high against a Read More
DailyFX.com – To receive Ilya’s analysis directly via email, please SIGN UP HERE Talking Points: US Dollar Technical Strategy: Holding Long via Mirror Trader Basket ** Support: 11740, 11653, 11513 Resistance:11876, 11963, 12103 The Dow Jones FXCM US Dollar Index looks to be reversing downward as expected after putting in a bearish Evening Star candlestick Read More
![CDATA[ By Tina Morrison Feb. 26 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand dollar rose, driven by weakness in the greenback after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen suggested the US central bank was in no hurry to raise interest rates. The kiwi increased to 75.46 US cents at 8am in Wellington, from 75.29 cents at 5pm yesterday. Read More
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares prices held near five-month highs on Thursday after upbeat U.S. housing and Chinese factory data, while the dollar nursed modest losses following Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s comments. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan <.MIAPJ0000PUS> stood little changed near the five-month high hit on Wednesday Read More
* Shares supported by upbeat US, China data, Yellen * Dollar loses stream as yield attraction shrinks * Oil prices jump after positive Saudi Arabia comments By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Asian shares prices held near five-month highs on Thursday after upbeat U.S. housing and Chinese factory data, while the dollar nursed Read More
Invesco’s (IVZ) PowerShares unit, the fourth-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, said Wednesday it is temporarily halting creations of new shares of in 11 ETFs, including the PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP) , the U.S. Dollar Index tracking ETF. “During the suspension, Invesco believes that Authorized Participants and other groups that Read More
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. dollar inched lower against its main trading partners Wednesday, extending losses from Tuesday’s session, after Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen suggested the central bank isn’t ready to Read More