ארכיון חדשות מטבע חוץ ופורקס 27/01/2012

• הזהב ממשיך להתאושש: עלה השבוע ב-4.1%

  21:42 | כלכליסט

  
  היום עלה מחיר אונקיית זהב ב-0.3% ונקבע על 1,732.2 דולר. הנפט ירד ב-0.1% ומחירה של חבית נקבע על 99.56 דולר

• Euro rises to 6-week high against dollar

  20:36 | Yahoo! Finance

  The euro jumped to a six-week high against the dollar after a European official said that Greece is close to reaching a deal with creditors to lower its debt.

• Yen comes full circle 63 years after Ambassador Dodge

  20:10 | MarketWatch

  n the post-1945 world of Pax Americana, the Federal Reserve's global reach and influence were never in dispute. But most Americans tend to forget how big of a role the U.S. plays in international financial markets.Mamoru Arai, deputy general manger of Americas treasury department at Mizuho Corporate Bank, recently suggested that it's actually the Fed that determines which direction the Japanese yen moves.

• Eurozone: playing the blame game

  19:55 | MarketWatch

  Companies the world over are falling over themselves to blame the eurozone for weaker than expected results. This week, German industrial Siemens (NYSE:SI - News) said full-year targets would be harder to achieve ...

• Business events scheduled for the coming month

  19:08 | Yahoo! Finance

  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 WASHINGTON -- Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for January, 10 a.m.; Commerce Department releases construction spending for December, 10 a.m.; House Budget Committee hearing on the budget and the economy, with Douglas Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office.; Senate Budget Committee hearing on the outlook for countries that share the euro as their currency.

• Euro Rallies After Fitch Downgrades Five Eurozone Sovereigns

  18:55 | Yahoo! Finance

  Euro Rallies After Fitch Downgrades Five Eurozone Sovereigns

• Fitch Cuts Credit Rating of Five Eurozone Countries

  18:19 | MarketWatch

  Fitch sliced the credit rating of Italy, Spain and three other eurozone countries on Friday. The ratings company affirmed Irelands rating and said its outlook is negative for all six sovereigns.

• Dollar down as investors await Greek deal

  18:02 | MarketWatch

  The dollar lost ground against other major currencies again on Friday as investors continued to move into risky assets in the hopes a deal would be reached over the weekend between Greece and its creditors ...

• ECB averted 'major, major credit crunch' - Draghi

  16:42 | MarketWatch

  Europe avoided a "major, major credit crunch" thanks to €489bn of emergency three-year loans to eurozone banks provided by the European Central Bank last month, the bank's governor said on Friday....

• Tensions rise over eurozone firewall

  15:56 | MarketWatch

  Fresh signs of tension between France and Germany over the eurozone rescue emerged on Friday, as expectations rise that a deal to restructure Greece's sovereign debt could be agreed as early as this weekend....

• Europe Needs a Two-Speed Euro: Economist

  15:25 | MarketWatch

  The euro has fundamental flaws, with no room for flexibility and Europe needs to move towards a political union as the euro cannot survive in its current format, Dr Gerard Lyons, chief economist at Standard Chartered told CNBC on Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

• Dollar Strengthens as U.S. Gross Domestic Product Grew 2.8% in 4th Quarter

  14:35 | Yahoo! Finance

  Dollar Strengthens as U.S. Gross Domestic Product Grew 2.8% in 4th Quarter

• Currencies: Dollar slips; Greek hopes buoy euro

  14:11 | MarketWatch

  The dollar remains lower after data show the U.S. economy grew 2.8% in the fourth quarter, while the euro is buoyed by hopes for a resolution to Greek-debt talks.

• Euro Propped Up On Hopes For Greek PSI Deal, USD Strength Ahead

  14:10 | Yahoo! Finance

  Euro Propped Up On Hopes For Greek PSI Deal, USD Strength Ahead

• Treasurys pare loss, dollar down after GDP

  13:34 | MarketWatch

  Treasury prices pared losses and the dollar remained down on Friday after a report showed the U.S. economy grew at a 2.8% pace in the fourth quarter of 2011, lower than economists' expectations for a 3% rate.

• Is the 'End of the Euro' Over?

  13:08 | MarketWatch

  Among leaders gathering in Davos, the talk seems to be have shifted away from doomsday forecasts of an imminent euro collapse, reports Jack Ewing of The New York Times. Instead, the debate is focusing on the best way for the euro zone to weather an economic downturn.

• Euro Lifts, Dollar Slips, Greek Drama Continues

  13:03 | MarketWatch

  The euro rises on happy talk, GDP hangs over the dollar - it's time for your FX Fix.

• [$$] U.S. Dollar Under Pressure Ahead of U.S. GDP Data

  12:51 | MarketWatch

  U.S. Dollar Under Pressure The dollar remained under pressure in European trading as the Fed's extended commitment to ultra-low U.S. interest rates continued to weigh on the buck ahead of key economic data.

• Eurozone bank lending slows sharply

  12:41 | MarketWatch

  Eurozone bank lending to business and households slowed sharply last month, indicating the region's debt crisis might have led to a damaging "credit crunch".

• מגמה מעורבת בשוק המט"ח: הדולר היציג עלה ב-0.1% ל-3.768 שקלים

  12:40 | כלכליסט

  
  היורו איבד 0.1% ושערו היציג נקבע על 4.940 שקלים. בנק הפועלים: "גברו השפעות על השקל מצד גורמים מקומיים, כמו ההאטה בצמיחה"

• Yields fall as Italy debt sale raises 11 bn euros

  12:02 | MarketWatch

  Italy saw short-term borrowing costs fall Friday as it sold 11 billion euros in bills at auction. Italy's Treasury sold 8 billion euros of six-month bills, or BOTs, at an average yield of 1.97%, down from 3.25% in a sale in late December.

• Dollar down in cautious trade ahead of US data

  11:36 | MarketWatch

  The dollar lost ground against other major currencies again on Friday but remained above its lows on the previous day, as investors' risk appetite remained more cautious ahead of any agreement on the ongoing ...

• Live Blog: 'The Future of the Euro Zone' Event in Davos

  10:47 | MarketWatch

  This is a live blog from "The Future of the Eurozone," an event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in which our panelists will debate the question, "How will the Eurozone economies emerge from the euro crisis?"

• FOREX: Yen Outperforms as Traders Look Past US GDP to EU Summit

  08:19 | Yahoo! Finance

  FOREX: Yen Outperforms as Traders Look Past US GDP to EU Summit