Euro Tumbled after ECB LTRO; Focus Back on Greece and US Data
Price actions in the fx markets last week were quite complicated as several themes had impacts simultaneously. Firstly Euro was sold off steeply after ECB's three year LTRO result as the event provided no fuel to extend recent rebound. Focus was gradually turned back to Greece. Secondly, Bernanke refrained from giving any hints on QE3 in the semi annual testimony to congress and triggered sharp selloff in gold. However, dollar's strength was limited to against European majors and yen only. Aussie, Kiwi and Loonie were indeed very resilient. Thirdly, yen's selloff continues as comments from BoJ as well as weak inflation data suggests that we're still far from seeing the end of Japan's QE expansion.
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