Forexpros - The U.S. dollar remained as against most of its counterparts on Wednesday afternoon, flying to a peak of eight months compared to its counterpart in Britain, in the shadow of the spectrum of new flexibilities following the account of the Bank of England, varying little faces the Japanese after the revelation of American real estate performance mixed.
In the second part of the European session, the pound has fallen to him to his deepest rut since June, with GBP / USD shedding 0.74% to hit 1.5312.
The minutes of the meeting of the Governing Council of the Bank of England that took place in February showed indeed that its members had voted three against six on the possible increase in the amount of its asset purchases from 375 up to GBP 400 billion, with the option for Mervyn King, the governor, and finally abandoned.
The previous had seen to be favorable to the status quo against an eight.
An official study pointed to it when 12,500 job seekers registered under the country in January, instead of the expected 5000.
The national unemployment rate of 7.7 However trembled to 7.8% in December, while a stagnation was expected.
It was the same with the yen, but more modestly, with USD / JPY munching 0.06% to hit 93.63.
The attention always focused on the nominees vying for the position of the next governor of the Bank of Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa after, currently occupying the site, has been criticized by Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of return, considering that does not go far enough in the fight against deflation.
The currency of the country of the rising sun has other little changed after a government study has indicated that at the dawn of its foreign trade deficit has established in January 1629 to a record high trillion yen.
However, it was noted that exports were growing by 6.4% a year over year, their first start in eight months.
Information from U.S. authorities revealed to them that when the number of building permits issued in January rose by 1.8% to stand at 925,000 after seasonal adjustment, surpassing the 1.2% approached for a total of 915,000.
But 8.5% launches sites were less unfortunate at the same time, to $ 890,000, instead of the 3.6% estimated 925,000.
Another report noted that the costs of domestic production took 0.2% over the same period, constituting their first start in four months.
The greenback also gained a few inches against the euro, with EUR / USD snatch leaving 0.07% to 1.3379 slip.
The single currency was still in the spotlight, with the approach of the Italian legislative elections on the horizon at the end of the month, fearing that a parliament without a clear majority could hamper the progress of economic reforms.
The Swiss franc has also suffered its pressure, the USD / CHF quivering 0.04% to hit 0.9229.
The currency of the United States has also dominated its Canadian, Australian and New Zealand counterparts, with USD / CAD pocketing up to 0.34% to 1.0149, AUD / USD shedding 0.4% to hit 1.0314 and NZD / USD tumbling 1.15% to hit the bottom at 0.8372.
The latter had lost his footing after Graeme Wheeler, head of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, has said it was overvalued and that it stood ready to intervene.
The dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of six other major currencies, was up 0.18% to stand at 80.7.
Eyes were now leveled to the detailed account of the course taken by the Federal Reserve from January, amid rumors on the period during which it intends to maintain its program of capital injections.
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