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The U.S. Dollar’s Outperformance Makes Its Impact on Indices, Too
U.S. dollar strength has led to parity in EUR-USD exchange rates in recent days, with the value of the euro equaling 99 U.S. pennies at its low. While 114 U.S. pennies were still required to equal the British pound sterling, “cable”—the GBP-USD rate—has reached its lowest since 1985. In Asia, the Japanese yen has suffered…
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Commodities: Inflation, Interest Rates and the U.S. Dollar
After last week’s highest inflation print in over four decades, the U.S. dollar (USD) rose to its strongest level in 20 years, as measured against a broad basket of currencies. The euro also hit parity with the USD for the first time since 2002 as a consequence of Europe’s front-line exposure to the Russia-Ukraine conflict…
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How the Brexit Affected Rates and Currencies in LatAm
After Brexit polls said that the referendum would end with a stay in the European Union (EU), all markets reacted as if that would be the outcome on voting day. After the announcement that the U.K. would no longer be part of the EU, all markets were shocked, and the emerging markets of Latin America…
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June 2013: What’s Hot and What’s Not
Read about some commodity highlights in June from an interview with Courtney Nebons, our studio producer. Click here to watch the video. Q1. This month we heard a lot about the Fed easing its monetary policy, so how did that impact commodities? Commodities reacted negatively to the news that the Fed may ease its bond…
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