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EUR/USD: Trading the U.S. Advanced Retail Sales Report

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Trading the News: U.S. Advanced Retail Sales What’s Expected Time of release:        2/11/2010 13:30 GMT, 08:30 EST Primary Pair Impact :    EURUSD Expected:         0.3% Previous:         -0.3% Impact the U.S. retail sales report has had over EURUSD for
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Colombia’s Peso Climbs as Oil Gains; Argentine Bonds Rebound

By Drew Benson The peso rose 0.8 percent to 1,986.76 per dollar at 9:28 a.m. New York time, from 2,003.21 yesterday. The yield on the country’s 11 percent benchmark bonds due in July 2020 fell eight basis points, or 0.08 percentage point, to 8.8 percent, according to Colombia’s stock

Mexico and Brazil: Latin American Bond and Currency Preview

By Camila Fontana Mexico: Consumer prices advanced 0.99 percent in January after a 0.41 percent increase in December, according to the median estimate of 18 economists in a Bloomberg survey. The national statistics institute will release the report at 10 a.m. New York time. The peso

Nordic Currencies: Krone Gains as Investors Bet Drop Overdone

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By Bo Nielsen The krone, which dropped 2.6 percent against the dollar this year, advanced before a report in two days that economists say will show inflation accelerated for a third month in January. The Swedish krona rose against the euro as the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index of European
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Canada’s Dollar Rises From Almost Three-Month Low as Oil Gains

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By Chris Fournier “We’ll continue to follow the risk-aversion, risk-appetite story,” said Bob Block , director of foreign-exchange sales in Toronto at Bank of Montreal, Canada’s fourth-largest lender. “The Canadian dollar is a currency that seems to benefit from risk appetite
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Canada’s Dollar Rises for Second Day on Advance in Crude Oil

By Chris Fournier The Canadian currency increased 0.3 percent to C$1.0683 per U.S. dollar at 7:56 a.m. in Toronto, from C$1.0716 on Feb. 5, when it touched C$1.0781, the weakest level since Nov. 6. One Canadian dollar buys 93.59 U.S. cents. Housing starts in December rose to 180,000

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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US economy: Retail sales probably climbed in January

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The rebound in spending that gave US retailers a lift during the holiday season probably carried over into the new year, signaling consumers may contribute more to growth, economists said before reports this week. Sales climbed 0.3 per cent in January, the third gain in four months,
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US economy: Retail sales probably climbed in January

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Sales climbed 0.3 per cent in January, the third gain in four months, according to the median forecast of 51 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News before Commerce Department figures Feb. 11. Another report may show the trade gap fell in December. A drop in unemployment last month, combined with
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Retail Sales Probably Climbed in January: U.S. Economy Preview

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Sales climbed 0.3 percent in January, the third gain in four months, according to the median forecast of 51 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News before Commerce Department figures Feb. 11. Another report may show the trade gap fell in December. A drop in unemployment last month, combined
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