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Opening Comment 02.09

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Fed Bullard has also come out on a separate matter that could help to bolster the USD after saying that the discount rate could go up in the near future as the Fed prepares its exit from liquidity programs. Nobel Prize economist Stiglitz is generating some attention on the Greek crisis after
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Forex: Credit Default Spreads and EUR/USD

FOREX: CREDIT DEFAULT SPREADS AND EUR/USD EUR/USD: G7 LEAVES MUCH TO BE DESIRED GBP/USD: LEADS G7 PUSH FOR BANKING FEE USD/CAD: NEW BUBBLE IN HOUSING ? NZD/USD: BOLLARD FINDS THAT ECONOMY IS STILL FRAGILE AUD/USD: CUTTING BACK ON

EUR/USD Rebounds on Short Covering

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Top Stories Jaoanese data shows slow improvement Asia lower as week starts OIl at $71.50/bbl Gold bounces over $1066/oz. Overnight Eco JPY Bank Lending -1.5% vs. -1.0% JPY Current Account 1.10T vs. 1.27T JPY M2 Money Stock 2.9% vs. 3.0% CHF Unemployment Rate
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US Dollar, Japanese Yen May Extend Gains as G7 Disappoints on Greece Bailout

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Key Overnight Developments • Japan’s Merchant Sentiment, Export Gains Fall on Deaf Ears • Euro, British Pound Decline as Safety Demand Boosts Dollar Critical Levels The Euro and the British Pound traded lower, slipping as much 0.3% and 0.4% respectively as
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Asia Relatively Free From Sovereign Risk, CIMB Says (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

Asian governments mainly use domestic markets to fund their deficits and debt levels are still manageable and within sustainable limits, CIMB economists, led by Lee Heng Guie , wrote in a report today. The recent increase in Asian credit-default swaps is temporary, said the analysts from

Asia in ‘Risk Free Zone’ Amid Sovereign Debt Woes, CIMB Says - Bloomberg.com

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Asian governments mainly use domestic markets to fund their deficits and debt levels are still manageable and within sustainable limits, CIMB economists, led by Lee Heng Guie , wrote in a report today. The recent increase in Asian credit-default swaps is temporary, said the analysts from
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Japan Current-Account Surplus Widens for Fifth Month (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

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The surplus rose to 901 billion yen ($10 billion) from a year earlier, the Ministry of Finance said in Tokyo today. The median estimate of 24 economists surveyed by Bloomberg was for the gap to grow to 1.01 trillion yen. A surge in global trade probably helped the world’s second- largest
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U.S. Dollar: Have We Hit A Capitulation Point?

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U.S. DOLLAR: HAVE WE HIT A CAPITULATION POINT ? EUR/USD: STRONGER ECONOMIC DATA BRINGS REPRIEVE GBP/USD: WILL HOTTER INFALTION BE SUSTAINABLE ? USD/CAD: SURPRISING INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT AUD/USD: OIL PRICES
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Roubini Sees Dollar Falling Versus Asia, ‘Commodity’ Currencies - Bloomberg.com

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“I see anemic recovery of economic growth in the U.S.,” and “the U.S. current account is still very large,” Roubini, a founder of Roubini Global Economics, said at a conference in Moscow today. “In the next two or three years, the dollar has to weaken further on a trade-weighted
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