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Markets will pore over the FOMC minutes from the March 17-18 meeting to take stock of the undoubtedly interesting debate that led to the surprise decision to buy $300 billion in long-term Treasuries.The unanimous vote came as a shock to many market participants, who felt the move was not warranted given current economic conditions, and particularly given the near-unanimous decision at the previous meeting in January not to purchase U.S. debt. Also, both Ben Bernanke and

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Forex: EUR/GBP tests 0.8825 after better than expected ZEW data

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - After rejecting 0.8825 resistance in a first breaking attempt and falls below 0.8800, the EUR/GBP has been fueled by the better than expected May ZEW Economic Sentiment data ans it has tested the 0.8825 resistance again. Currently the pair is trading around 0.8810/20, 0.30% below today's opening price action.ZEW Economic Sentiment index has risen to 31.1 pts in May, better than 20,0 pts expected by market, in April, the ZEW Economic Sentiment was posted at 13.pts. According

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Sterling & Euro Higher Against USD on Friday (Update)

European currencies are rallying against the U.S. dollar following some sharper-than-expected declines in annual inflation rates in the UK and ahead of the release of U.S. employment data.Currency strategists said the broad gains in EUR/USD shows some nervousness ahead of February's nonfarm payrolls report. Matthew Strauss, currency strategist from RBC Capital Markets, said the gains in the cross could provide some downside risk to nonfarm payrolls.He added that a weaker-than-expected employment report could once again boost

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New Zealand April Trade Balance surplus NZ$276M

FXstreet.com (Jakarta) - On official data published today, Statistics New Zealand said that New Zealand's trade position continued to improve in April but the surplus narrowed from March as exports fell just over 10%.The data also showed there was a surplus of NZ$276 million in April following a revised surplus of NZ$447 million in March and compares with a deficit of NZ$293 million in April 2008.Statistics New Zealand said exports fell 10.2% on the month in April and was

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USD Slides as Global Equities Rally

The U.S. dollar is weaker on Thursday in the aftermath of a global equity rally sparked by better-than-expected auto sales in the United States on Thursday.Global equities are higher after U.S. automakers reported upbeat production data on Wednesday, with March total vehicle sales up to an annualized 9.9 million compared to February's 9.1 million and an expected 9.2 million level. Automakers also said the bottom for the industry has been reached.The Japanese Nikkei closed 4.4% higher while

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Sterling Stronger After Weak CBI Report

The pound sterling is higher on Thursday after a weaker than expected manufacturing report from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).On Thursday morning the CBI's manufacturing orders index advanced to -57 from March's -58 level. Expectations had been for a read of -54.After unveiling one of the largest budgets in the UK's history on Wednesday, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Darling said that fiscal and monetary stimulus will help the economy recover by the end of 2009

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ECB's Nowotny Says Rates Below 1.00% "Open For Dicussion"

The view that interest rates in the euro zone should go below the 1.00% mark is open for discussion, but Austrian central bank governor Ewald Nowotny said he is personally against lowering rates below that threshold.Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday, Nowotny said the ECB must fight the crisis with all available tools, and that monetary policy needs to remain expansionary as the economic recovery remains weak.He also said that it would be sensible

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Positive Financial News Boosts Euro against Greenback

Positive sentiment in equity markets is dragging down the U.S. dollar against the euro ahead of the North American trading session.Risk appetite is emanating from the banking sector, following reports that Citigroup could have higher-than-expected earnings for the first quarter. According to an article in the New York Times, an internal memo from the bank said they earned more than $19 billion in the first two months of 2009.The news has helped the euro retrace some of

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