India's stocks climb after manufacturing production increases

Posted On: January 03, 2012
India, Asia's third-largest economy, has shown stock improvements the past two weeks amidst the heightened production of manufactured goods in the United States. [More]

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Analysts forecast ruble as risky currency in next year

Posted On: December 28, 2011
For the first time in nearly a week, Russia's ruble depreciated nearly 0.8 percent to 31.38 against the U.S. dollar yesterday, according to Bloomberg. [More]

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Retail report causes U.S. dollar to drop

Posted On: June 14, 2011
Economists were relieved to find that the U.S. retail sales report by the Commerce Department found that sales decreased just 0.2 percent in May, MarketWatch reported. [More]

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Bernanke's remarks made dollar, franc and yen rise

Posted On: June 08, 2011
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on Tuesday spurred a decline in investors' appetite for risk, causing a rise in the U.S. dollar, Swiss franc and Japanese yen, MarketWatch reported. [More]

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Rise in U.S. stocks relieves investors

Posted On: June 07, 2011
U.S. stocks rose for the first time this month on Tuesday, relieving investors who had worried about how to effectively manage risk that has been high over the past five weeks, according to Bloomberg. [More]

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A year later, Greek economy still troubles Europe

Posted On: May 16, 2011
Greece gave European civilization the foundational elements of math, philosophy and literature - but its now causing more headaches than anything else. [More]

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Currency risk with dollar drives high net-worth clients to engage in forex hedging

Posted On: May 11, 2011
As the U.S. dollar - measured by the ICE Dollar Index - has dropped 18 percent from one year ago, the well-heeled are looking to diversify their holdings into foreign markets, reported the Wall Street Journal. [More]

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Brazilian action to control real's value finally taking effect

Posted On: April 07, 2011
A long run of success by the Brazilian real against the U.S. dollar has finally pushed regulators in the South American nation to take more drastic measures to rein in the currency's value and prevent unpleasant effects on the country's economy. [More]

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Potential interest rate hike, mild inflation fuel growth for Taiwan's dollar

Posted On: April 06, 2011
The high likelihood of a coming interest rate increase from the Taiwanese central bank and modest inflationary gains have boosted the value of that country's dollar against other currencies, a report from Bloomberg said. [More]

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Inflation fears leap to the fore

Posted On: April 05, 2011
For some time now, those calling on policymakers to watch inflation have felt rather like Cassandra, as their predictions of doom appeared to fall on deaf ears. [More]

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