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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

The Dollar Saw Some Action Yesterday

The Dollar saw some action yesterday, spending most of the day under pressure. The first sign of trouble was the August consumer confidence report, which dipped to 99.6, when most were expecting a more modest slide. Oddly, the soft confidence data provoked a bout of Dollar buying directly after the release. Later in the day, however, it was the FOMC minutes that sent the Dollar southward. Read More....