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U.S. Dollar Rises after China Tightens Interest Rates

The U.S. Dollar erased early overnight losses and is now trading higher after China shocked the Forex markets with a surprise hike in interest rates. China’s move to curb excessive lending and curtail price increases drove traders into lower yielding, safe haven currencies. China’s central bank sold 3-month bills at a higher interest rate for the first time in 19 weeks.

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U.S. Dollar Hits 15-Month Low on Prospect of Lower Interest Rates

The U.S. Dollar hit a 15-month low against a basket of currencies last night on the prospect the Fed will keep interest rates at low levels for a prolonged period of time. This assumption is based on last week’s Fed FOMC statement and recent comments from a Fed official suggesting that unemployment is the major concern.

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Fed Remains Committed to Low Interest Rates

The U.S. Dollar finished sharply lower today against most major currencies except the Japanese Yen. Speculators bet early and often this morning that the Fed would do nothing with interest rates nor hint at an end to its stimulus plans. These bets paid off as the Dollar weakened further after the FOMC announcement in the afternoon.

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Record Low Interest Rates in U.S. Pressures Dollar

The U.S. Dollar lost ground against all major currencies as record low U.S. interest rates encouraged the selling of the Dollar and the buying of higher yielding assets. Overnight the Dollar firmed until a better than expected U.S. Weekly Initial Claims Report helped put in a top and set off a gradual decline throughout the day.

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BHBGroupTrader Weekly Market Spread Report: Issue 9

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Is May Going To Be Different This Time

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THE DOLLAR AND INTEREST RATES

A commentary about how the market will react to possibly the last rate cut by the fed

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Fed Cuts Rates, Buys All Your Used Spin Doctors CDs

If you’re a major investment bank, broker, or dealer, you’re in luck. As best we can tell, the Federal Reserve is happy to print more money to lend to troubled banks, accepting as collateral a “broad range” of assets, from the t-shirt you won as the 1996 Putnam County School Board Walk-A-Thon runner up, to the movie poster for Glitter you got from your cousin (signed by Ms.

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Goldman: Fed Intermeeting Cut Possible

Speculation:

NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) - An emergency interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve is possible ahead of its next scheduled monetary policy meeting on March 18, according to a Goldman Sachs research note on Monday.

Goldman said its view on Fed policy changed on Friday.

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