| NZ dollar affected by global growth worries The New Zealand dollar firmed slightly today after being affected during the weekend by global growth worries.Around 5pm the NZ dollar was buying US69.00c, up slightly from US68.84c at 8am. During the weekend it had eased from... nzherald.co.nz |
Park Sterling Plunges on Offering (at TheStreet.com) Park Sterling shares fall 22% following a large secondary offering. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Dollar rises vs yen on report Kan to speak on yen (at Reuters) The dollar edged up against the yen on Friday after Kyodo news agency reported Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan will hold a news conference on the government s steps to cope with the yen s strength later in the day. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Wall Street Balances Jobs Data With Earnings The euro and the yen continued to strengthen Thursday, and the head of the I.M.F. warned of the risk of a currency war. nytimes.com |
Fed must spend up to stop markets going into tailspin Central bankers would like to be able to get back to business as usual where they change the price of money rather than its quantity. That day seems a long way off on both sides of the Atlantic.The data this month that changed... nzherald.co.nz |