| Long-term Treasurys, dollar down after claims fall (at MarketWatch) Long-term Treasury prices declined slightly and the dollar remained sharply lower on Thursday after the U.S. Labor Department said claims for first-time jobless benefits fell 11,000 to 457,000 in the latest week. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Euro s Rally May Have Peaked: Strategist (at CNBC) The flight to safety following the Fed s decision to extend quantitative easing saw the dollar make big gains against the euro and one strategist said the euro s rally may have peaked for now. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Ireland fears hit eurozone stocks [at Financial Times] - Thursday 16:35 BST. Stocks are under pressure as soft US and eurozone data spook investors already put on edge by worries about the Irish banking system and nagging fears about the implications of the Federal Reserve s hint at further monetary easing. us.rd.yahoo.com |
FOREX-Dollar falls to fresh 15-year low against yen The dollar extended declines against the yen on Thursday, falling to a fresh 15-year low on electronic trading platform EBS as concerns about expected U.S. quantitative easing overshadowed fears about fresh intervention by the Bank of Japan to weaken the yen. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Trichet opposes deal on EU budget rules Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, has refused to endorse the full package of eurozone sanctions decided by European Union finance ministers this week. us.rd.yahoo.com |