• Euro Finds Little Consolation from EU Finance Ministers’ Greek Guarantees at
G7 • Japanese Yen: Lending Troubles another Road Sign to the Next ‘Lost Decade’
• Commodity Currency Policymakers Start Rolling Back Emergency Aid Dollar
Advances for a Fourth Consecutive Session
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The difference in the number of wagers by hedge funds and other large
speculators on a decline in the euro compared with those on a gain, known as
the net-short position, was 43,741 on Feb. 2, compared with 39,539 a week
earlier, figures from the Washington-based Commodity Futures Trading
By Allison Bennett The difference in the number of wagers by hedge funds and
other large speculators on a decline in the euro compared with those on a gain,
known as the net-short position, was 43,741 on Feb. 2, compared with 39,539 a
week earlier, figures from the Washington-based
• Euro Finds Little Consolation from EU Finance Ministers’ Greek Guarantees at
G7 • Japanese Yen: Lending Troubles another Road Sign to the Next ‘Lost Decade’
• Commodity Currency Policymakers Start Rolling Back Emergency Aid Dollar
Advances for a Fourth Consecutive Session
