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*Bernanke to testify before Congress on Wednesday. NEW YORK, May 21- The U.S. dollar fell against the euro on Tuesday after St. Comments from Fed officials were closely watched ahead of Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress on Wednesday.
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*Bernanke to testify before Congress on Wednesday. NEW YORK, May 21- The U.S. dollar fell against the euro on Tuesday after St. Comments from Fed officials were closely watched ahead of Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK, May 21- Stock markets around the world edged higher on Tuesday amid signs of improving growth, even though questions about monetary policy limited gains. The euro was slightly higher, though a slowdown in British inflation sent sterling to a 7- week low on the view it could give the Bank of England more leeway to support the economy.
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The dollar advanced further against the yen on Tuesday, after a Japanese minister stepped back from the previous day's remarks suggesting the yen had weakened enough.
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*Shares flat ahead of Bernanke testimony on Wednesday, Home Depot rallies. That has made Wednesday's release of minutes from the central bank's last meeting and Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony in Congress the main focus for markets waiting for the first signs of a clear shift in attitude.
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Axel Merk, President and Chief Investment Officer at Merk Investments explains why he says the biggest threat markets could be facing right now is economic growth.
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The U.S. dollar fell against the euro and yen on Monday as traders pared back expectations Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would hint at tapering bond purchases this week.
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NEW YORK, May 20- The dollar fell against the euro and yen on Monday as traders pared back expectations Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would hint at tapering U.S. bond purchases this week.
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NEW YORK, May 20- The U.S. dollar fell against the euro and yen on Monday as traders pared back expectations Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would hint at tapering bond purchases this week.
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LONDON, May 20- The yen lifted off a 4-1/ 2- year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economy minister suggested the currency might have weakened enough, prompting some investors to pare bets against it. Last Friday, the dollar reached a high of 103.32 yen, while the euro hovered near a 3-1/ 2- year peak of 132.78 yen.
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Portugal's top bankers have called on Europe's leaders to stop "playing with fire" and moderate their stance towards the euro zone periphery, or risk instilling alarm among bank depositors in future, the FT reports.
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Frederic Neumann, MD and co-head of Asian economics research at HSBC, discusses German politics and the rise of 'get-out-of-euro' parties and what it would mean for Merkel come September.
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Peter Whitley, Senior FX Analyst at Thomson Reuters says to short AUD/USD and NZD/USD on any rally.
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The dollar rose against a swath of currencies on Friday, rocketing to 4 1/2-year high against Japan's yen.
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German ECB board member Joerg Asmussen warned on Friday that Europe's largest economy must carry out further reforms to continue to grow.
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NEW YORK, May 17- The dollar soared against a basket of currencies on Friday, reaching a nearly three-year peak as debate over whether the Federal Reserve would wind down its asset buying program later this year gathered pace.
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LONDON, May 17- The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Friday, trading near a 10- month high as debate over whether the Federal Reserve would wind down its asset buying programme later this year gathered pace.
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*MSCI Asia Pacific ex- Japan edges lower. At 0604 GMT, futures for Euro STOXX 50, Germany's DAX and France's CAC were 0.1 to 0.4 percent lower. U.S. equities had sagged on Thursday after John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said the Fed could begin easing back on the monetary gas pedal this summer and end bond buying late this year.
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The U.S. dollar recovered to trade higher against the euro and yen late Thursday afternoon in a volatile session that saw the U.S. currency swing between gains and losses.
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NEW YORK, May 16- The U.S. dollar recovered to trade higher against the euro and yen late Thursday afternoon in a volatile session that saw the U.S. currency swing between gains and losses. The move higher came after John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said the U.S.
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*Dollar curbs gains vs euro, yen after U.S. data. NEW YORK, May 16- The dollar dropped against the euro and Japanese yen on Thursday as a deluge of U.S. data highlighted vulnerabilities in the U.S. economy, curbing expectations that the Federal Reserve will scale back its bond buying program any time soon.