| FOREX-Euro down ahead of stress tests, Bernanke testimony (at Reuters) * Euro hits day s low after weak Portugal debt auction * Investors await Bernanke for monetary policy view * Bernanke to set tone before Europe stress test results us.rd.yahoo.com |
Treasury yields, dollar down after spending (at MarketWatch) Treasury prices held onto gains and the dollar remained lower on Tuesday after a report showed U.S. consumer spending and incomes were unchanged in June, while economists had expected some increases. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Latin American Markets: Colombian peso falls as intervention outlined [at MarketWatch] - Colombia s currency falls as the central bank outlines plans to purchase U.S. dollars in a bid to cool the currency s advance. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Currencies: Dollar rebound gives way as euro revives [at MarketWatch] - A modest rebound by the dollar fades as the euro regains its footing after a European Central Bank official is cited as saying that special liquidity measures are on track to be withdrawn, eclipsing doubts tied to sovereign debt. us.rd.yahoo.com |
China baulks at sharing the West's post-party hangover As the massed tanks of the US Treasury Department move in to counter the heavy artillery of the People's Bank of China, and as the Bank of Japan unleashes a series of interventionist rockets to dissuade investors from buying the yen,... nzherald.co.nz |