Canada’s inflation rate rose 1 percent in the month of November as costs rose in seven of the eight sectors reviewed by Statistics Canada. The government agency did point to an increase in gasoline prices however, as the largest single component...
Topics: CAD, Forex Round Up

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Oil slipped below $72 a barrel on weaker demand and a strengthening US dollar. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for January delivery was down 70 cents to $71.96 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Some analysts are...
Topics: Forex Round Up

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The number of new jobless claimants in the US rose last week to an unexpected 480,00 for the week ending December 12th from a revised 473,000 the week before. “The level of new claims remains elevated,” said Steven Wood, president of Insight...
Topics: Forex Round Up, USD

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A few short years ago, the Irish Republic was the leading economy in Europe and was dubbed the “Celtic Tiger“. All that changed with the global credit crisis however, propelling Ireland into a long and painful recession culminating with a...
Topics: EUR, Forex Round Up

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The USD is ‘running with the bull’s’ this morning. Nothing ‘new’ has warranted their actions. Capital markets expected no different from the Fed, despite them being slightly more upbeat, Greece downgrade did not blindside the market (Ireland...
Topics: AUD, CAD, CHF, Dean's FX, EUR, GBP, JPY, USD

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