| FOREX-Dollar swings wildly after US jobs data (at Reuters) The dollar jumped against the yen but immediately surrendered those gains on Friday after a report showed a larger-than-expected drop in U.S. June nonfarm payrolls to 125,000, while the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 9.5 percent. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Treasurys fall, Dollar stays down after CPI (at MarketWatch) The dollar stayed down and short-term Treasury prices fell briefly on Friday after a report showed U.S. consumer prices fell 0.1% in June. The euro rose to $1.2992, after briefly breaching $1.30 and versus $1.2906 late Thursday. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Euro Falls Back as S&P Cuts Ireland’s Credit Rating, British Pound Maintains Narrow Range (DailyFX) The Euro pared the overnight advance to 1.2725 as Standard & Poor’s lowered its credit rating for Ireland, and the single-currency may continue to trend lower over the remainder of the week as price action continues to trade below the 100-Day SMA at 1.2743. finance.yahoo.com |
Ireland sells 400 mln euros of Treasury bills [at MarketWatch] - Ireland on Thursday sold 400 million euros of six- and eight-month Treasury bills at auction, news reports said. Ireland sold 150 million euros of six-month bills at an average yield of 1.925%, down from 1.978% in an auction held on Aug. 26, Dow Jones Newswires reported. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Euro down more than 1 percent against the dollar The dollar extended its gains against the euro and yen on Tuesday as part of broad dollar strength after the surprise Chinese interest rate hike. us.rd.yahoo.com |