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Thursday, January 12, 2006

Strong Dollar Today

The Dollar was strong today, after the improvement in November's trade deficit was announced. Given that other country's trade figures took a tumble this week (Canada, UK, France), the number seemed especially good. The ECB and Bank of England also met today and decided to leave rates unchanged. Against this backdrop, the Dollar gained against the other majors.