Archive for May, 2009

US Dollar Weakening

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The US Dollar has weakened overnight against Sterling and Euro. Sterling seems to be strengthening this morning against all the major currency pairs in expectation of the UK CPI & RPI figures out this morning at 930am. If we see some positive results we could see the Pound’s exchange rate continue to go up!

US Banking Stress Test

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10 of the top 19 US banks have failed their stress tests overnight and US regulators have had to increase lending to them all. Bank of America is the most at risk, needing an additional $33.9bn.  However, owing to the Bank of England looking to increase quantitative easing Sterling has fallen.

Aussie Dollar Lowest in 13 Years

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It looks like the slide against the Aussie dollar has continued. We are currently at the lowest levels aganist the dollar now for 13 years and it looks like it may continue. Great news if you are selling Australian dollars not so good if you need to buy!

Rand!

Interest rate decisions!!!!!

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The BOE has just left interest rates on hold as expected although Sterling has lost groiund against the Euro following announcements that the economy is fragile….

Lets see what the ECB decision brings, expected is a 0.25% cut and some sort of extra measures to be announced to battle the economic problems… I think they may surprise us and the GBP – EUR rate will be above 1.14 before the end of trading today……….