Euro Rate

Sydney Morning HeraldParkinson Says RBA 'Well Placed' to Respond to Sluggish GrowthBusinessWeekTraders are pricing in an 86 percent chance the RBA will lower the rate to 3.5 percent next month, swaps data compiled by Bloomberg show, as bets ris…

The euro fell to an almost four-month low amid mounting doubts … before the central bank releases minutes of its last meeting, when it cut interest rates by 50 basis points. “The intense uncertainty in Greece is hard to see coming out …

The Central Bank says the weighted average interest rate on all outstanding Irish mortgages is 2.98%, lower than the comparable euro area average rate of 3.85%. The Irish rate is down 44 basis points from last September, compared to a fall of just 6 ba…

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Swiss bank UBS AG (UBS) is planning a benchmark-size, euro-denominated, two-year floating-rate note, the bank said Thursday. Initial price thoughts are 60-65 basis points over the three-month Euribor. UBS is the sole lead …

“Once the euro rally lost momentum that led to massive interest in … falling sharply after the Reserve Bank of Australia slashed rates by a deeper-than-expected 50 basis points. The Aussie fell 0.9 percent to US$1.0334 and slid to a three …

AFPEU Morning Report- Aussie drops after RBA cuts rates by 50 basis pointsInternational Business TimesBy Easy-Forex The euro (EUR) fell to 1.3207 from 1.3266 yesterday after data showed that Spain is slipping back into recession. Spain's Gross Dome…

The euro, however, has not closed below $1.30 or above $1.35 … With the RBA widely expected to lower rates, the focus will be on the size of the cut, with some expecting 25 basis points and others expecting 50 basis points.

The price of the 1.75 percent bond due July 2022 rose 0.37, or 3.70 euros per 1,000-euro ($1,324) face amount, to 100.84. Five-year yields slid four basis points to 0.60 percent. The rate reached an all- time low of 0.595 percent on April 27.

Two-year swap rates in the smaller nation slid as much as 9 1/2 basis points to 2.76 percent, the lowest since Feb. 2. The euro halted two days of gains versus the yen after Francois Hollande, the leading candidate to become France’s next …

The three-month cross-currency basis swap, the rate banks pay to convert euro interest payments into dollars, was 47 basis points below the euro interbank offered rate at 8:30 a.m. in London from minus 47.5 on April 20, data compiled by Bloomberg show.