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Globe and MailBonds Prove Best Financial Asset for 1st Time Since at Least '97BloombergThe euro weakened 3.3 percent against the dollar, and fell below 100 yen for the first time since 2001. The 17-nation euro was the worst performer among the 10 d…

For ArgyllEuro still in difficulty into 2012, despite €489bn cheap money from European …For ArgyllJust before Christmas, on 21st December 2011, the European Central Bank (ECB) made a desperate effort to reassure anxious markets by offering European…

But instead of launching an economic and political integration of Europe, the low interest rates and easy money that arrived with the euro led peripheral states on a path of profligacy, widening the gap between them and the frugal, export …

Wall Street JournalCanadian Currency Averages Above Par for First Time Since 1976BusinessWeekCanada's economy is expanding 3 percent from a year earlier, more than double the average rate for G-7 and euro-zone countries. Finance Minister Jim Flaher…

Gulf TimesChina's Top 10 Business Stories in 2011Business InsiderThroughout the year, the central bank repeatedly raised interest rates and bank reserve requirements, in an effort to bring the pace of credit expansion back under control. The powerf…

Globe and MailBonds Prove Best Financial Asset for 1st Time Since at Least '97BusinessWeekThe euro weakened 3.3 percent against the dollar, and fell below 100 yen for the first time since 2001. The 17-nation euro was the worst performer among the 1…

Last September, the Swiss National Bank (SNB), the country’s central bank, eventually decided to intervene by adopting a minimum exchange rate against the euro. Three months later, the pressure remains high, and it’s not clear whether the central bank …

Treasuries Advance, Headed for Best Annual Return Since 2008BusinessWeek“On its own, rates would be significantly higher in the US, but we are not an island unto ourselves,” said Larry Milstein, managing director in New York of government and agenc…

GLOBAL MARKETS-Treasuries lead gains in 2011, stocks sufferReuters AfricaGrowing fears about the euro-zone debt crisis, combined with a pledge by the US Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low through 2013, made the appeal of Treasuries irresistible…

… the cheap by Americans because of the favorable exchange rate and the eventual dismay as the rate turned around in recent years. Now, the euro has moved into a new phase, she said. “The euro has come to symbolize something that may not …