U.S. Dollar Consolidating Recent Losses (at TheStreet.com)
The U.S. dollar was consolidating its recent losses Wednesday in largely uneventful activity. us.rd.yahoo.com |
FOREX-Euro touches 11-week high vs dollar then drops (at Reuters)
* Dollar gets support after drop in US consumer confidence * Euro zone data appear to offer support to euro us.rd.yahoo.com |
Currencies: Haven demand boosts yen to 15-year high vs. dollar
[at MarketWatch] - Renewed worries about Europe s banking sector are undercutting risk appetite and lifting the Japanese yen to a 15-year high versus the U.S. dollar Tuesday as investors once again seek out safe havens. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Treasury yields, dollar down after starts data
[at MarketWatch] - Treasury prices remained higher and the dollar came under pressure on Tuesday after a report showed U.S. housing starts jumped to 598,000 pace in August, more than economists expected. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Eurozone
It should be no surprise that the Irish rescue package and details of the stability mechanism that will handle eurozone sovereign debt issues from 2013 have gone down in the markets like lead balloons. us.rd.yahoo.com |