| Dollar recovers after Fed, euro slips | | The dollar rose on Thursday as investors looked past a fresh Federal Reserve stimulus programme, which was in line with expectations, and drove some to book profits on short dollar positions. | | Dollar climbs on jobs data | | The dollar headed higher against the euro Friday, helped by surprise numbers in the November US jobs report, though the details still painted a less buoyant picture than the headline numbers. | | Euro extends falls on dismal German growth forecast | | The euro fell to a nine-day low against the dollar on Friday after the Bundesbank slashed its growth outlook for Germany, with the single currency at risk of more losses on prospects of a euro zone rate cut. | | Yen falls on month-end flows, euro extends rise | | The yen hit a seven-month low against the euro and fell against the dollar on Friday, extending losses amid speculation that Japanese monetary policy could be aggressively eased when a new government is formed. | | Euro extends rise vs sliding yen | | The euro extended its gains against a weaker yen on Thursday, hitting its highest since early May on expectations a Greek funding deal would eventually be agreed and that Japan would ease monetary policy further. | | Weak euro zone outlook knocks euro, more losses seen | | LONDON - The euro fell to a two-month low against the dollar on Friday and was seen vulnerable to further losses on weak euro zone growth prospects and uncertainty over debt problems in Greece and Spain. The euro fell 0.3 percent to a low of $1.2706, its weakest since Sept. 7. It also lost 0.6 percent against the yen to a one-month low of 100.66 yen on the EBS trading platform. | |
