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March 30, 2011

Yen Falls as Investors Seek Higher Returns

Filed under: OANDA News — Tags: dollar, european, forex round up, funding, interest-rate, japan, recover-from, scheduled-for — admin @ 1:37 pm

The yen fell 0.7 percent to 83.07 to the dollar at 8:30 am in New York this morning from yesterday’s close of 82.48. Recent comments from the European Central Bank have raised expectations of an interest rate hike at the next ECB scheduled for early April and this has investors selling yen to purchase Euro-based assets.

There is a growing belief that the yen will be used as the funding currency for a resurgence of the carry trade. This could be beneficial to Japan and may help prevent an appreciation of the yen thereby supporting Japan’s export industry struggling to recover from the damage caused by this month’s tsunami.

Source: FT.com

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July 20, 2010

Bank of Canada Raises Interest Rates to 0.75%

Filed under: OANDA News — Tags: 0-75-percent-, basis-point, benchmark, cad, central bank watch, comes-as-the, gave-little, lending, lending-rate, near, recover-from, second, the-benchmark, the-second, two-months — admin @ 1:37 pm

As expected, the Bank of Canada announced it was raising the benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to 0.75 percent. This is the second increase in the past two months and comes as the Canadian economy continues to recover from last year’s recovery. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney gave little indication of future interest rate plans, but some analysts suggest there could be another 25 basis point increase in the near future to bring the lending rate to an even 1 percent.

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Weaker Revenues Expected to Pull Down Stocks

Filed under: OANDA News — Tags: 0-9-percent, basis-point, central bank watch, comes-as-the, futures-fell, gave-little, goldman-sachs, ibm, into-negative, jitters, morning, nasdaq, recover-from, the-second, two-months — admin @ 1:03 pm

Disappointing earnings from Goldman Sachs and IBM are expected to send North American stock markets into negative territory at this morning’s open. A weaker-than-expected housing starts report is also giving investors the jitters this morning.

Ahead of the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial average futures fell 84, or 0.8 percent, to 9,976. Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures dropped 10.10, or 1 percent, to 1,054, while Nasdaq 100 index futures fell 17, or 0.9 percent, to 1,789.

Source: Associated Press

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