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Currency and Financial Newswire
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USD & CAD - Jul. 02, 2009 - Job Losses Mount in US
Currency Exchange - US Payrolls Disappoint The US dollar is up across the board this morning as non-farm payrolls were released showing a decline of 467 thousand jobs on expectations of a drop of 360 thousand. The unemployment rate was near expectations and is getting very close to double digits, settling in at 9.5% with no signs of stopping in the near term. European shares are down in late trade on the news and North American indexes look set to open in negative territory. Investors turn their focus away from sentiment and back to fundamentals. That being said, the US dollar will continue to... Read more
AUD - Jul. 01, 2009 - About-turn as financial year closes
Currency Converter News - The Aussie looked as if it would finish a tumultuous financial year with a run against the USD as it gained well into the 0.81's yesterday evening. However, as has become the norm in the past few weeks, traders abruptly changed their minds and flooded back the relative safety of the USD following a weaker than expected US consumer confidence figure. The shine came off commodities as well seeing traders pare back their speculative trades after a significant jump the previous night. A measure of US consumer confidence unexpectedly fell to 49.3 from 54.8 in June. This was coupled with a significant rise in mortgage delinquency... Read more