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All Things Forex Trading Room: Is a Significant JPY Correction Already Underway?

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As Chinese data disappoints and the Nikkei registers its biggest drop since the March 2011 Tsunami, we examine the factors behind the strengthening of the JPY and ponder if this could be the beginning of a significant correction of the yen's recent losses...

 

All Things Forex Trading Room: Can the EUR Hold On to Recent Gains vs USD?

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With the next couple of days scheduled to bring important economic data from the euro-zone, we take a close look at the EUR and explore the potential for the single currency to continue its recent decline against the U.S. dollar...

 

Forex News

Eurozone Crisis: IMF calls for new growth measures to help UK economy and ease austerity

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IMF's Lipton: government should be more supportive. Gloom as UK retail sales fall. Bank of England minutes show Governor Mervyn King outvoted again. FTSE 100 index has closed at a new 13-year high, and Germany's DAX hit its highest ever level...

 

Eurozone: Bundesbank upbeat about Germany, as Southern Europe’s woes continue

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Bundesbank warning over slipping deficit targets. Vodafone: 'Severe' economic weakness in Southern Europe. Parliamentary Committee approves plan to bail-in large depositors. UK inflation falls more than expected to 2.4% y/y in April from 2.8%...

 
 

Forex Outlook

Top 10 Forex Events Outlook: May 20-24

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With the Bank of Japan’s announcement and the minutes of the Fed’s May meeting on the agenda, the week ahead will offer further insight into the future plans of these two central banks and their unprecedented monetary policy easing efforts...

 

Will the Aussie Dollar Continue to Crumble?

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The Australian dollar has experienced a colossal collapse during the past two weeks declining more than 3 big figures on top of last week's drop. The technical picture is bleak, and managed money seems to have been exiting long positions...

 

Forex Research

Eurobonds or euro-exit: the choice is Germany’s

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Like it or not, Berlin leads the eurozone. Now it must decide the future of the currency area– and the sooner the better. The European Union is an incomplete association of sovereign states that is unlikely to withstand many years of stagnation...

 

German role in steering euro crisis could lead to disaster

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Frankfurt professor's concerns echo recent alarms being sounded across Europe over Berlin's stance on EU fiscal policy. A leaked policy paper from France was redolent with fear of and hostility to Merkel and her prescriptions in the euro crisis...

 

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