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Forex - EUR/JPY, USD/JPY Flows - WSJ: Greece's Fiscal Woes Bring Bailout Questions


 03:05 (GMT) 09 Feb

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EUR/JPY, USD/JPY Flows - WSJ: Greece's Fiscal Woes Bring Bailout Questions (HWSC1901)

More on Greece: WSJ: European officials here are quick to scoff at talk of a bailout for crisis-racked Greece, the hardest-hit country in the euro zone, insisting Athens needs to get its fiscal house in order. But if the sovereign-debt worries that are infecting the currency area's weakest members intensify, and Greece has trouble refinancing its heavy borrowings, European policy makers will have several options to help Greece out of its jam. They are rarely discussed publicly, though, since a bailout would be a grim milestone for the common currency—an admission that EU budget rules designed to maintain a stable euro are deeply inadequate. While ECB and National Banks Can't Bail Out Nation, Neighboring Euro-Zone Countries or the IMF Could Step In. On FX, good to watch the above, with speculation that EU Heads are working on something to stabilise the situation. EUR/USD at 1.3675-80, EUR/JPY 122.25-30, USD/JPY 89.40, more next.WL


Forex - EUR/USD, USD INDEX Flows - FT : Traders make $8bn bet against euro; IMM, Spain


 01:29 (GMT) 09 Feb

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More downside risks for EUR, as traders continue to short EUR - and could see more short USD Carry trades unwind. Some focus on today's FT front page (search IMM update on Feb 5 done by our colleagues). FT: Traders and hedge funds have bet nearly $8bn (€5.9bn) against EUR, amassing the biggest ever short position in the single currency on fears of a eurozone debt crisis. The build-up in net short positions in CME represents more than 40,000 contracts traded against EUR, equivalent to $7.6bn. Elena Salgado, Spanish finance minister, and José Manuel Campa, her deputy, flew to London to meet bondholders. But their disclosure that the treasury planned to raise a net €76.8bn through debt issuance this year unsettled markets further. On FX, EUR/USD at 1.3653-55, offers ahead of 1.3700-20, real money, Asian, options bids at 1.3600-20, but stoploss on break. More on next.WL


Forex - EUR/USD, USD/JPY Flows - Recap


 21:09 (GMT) 08 Feb

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Forex - GBP/USD, GBP/JPY Flows - Recap


 18:49 (GMT) 08 Feb

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Forex - GBP/USD, EUR/GBP Flows - USD dips around the fix


 16:13 (GMT) 08 Feb

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USD was sold around the fixing to send Cable to 1.5650 from 1.5580. S&P futures bounced to highs of 1066.80 in stride with the move as equities do seem to be setting the tone of the price action. EUR/GBP has stayed steady around 0.8750/60, which highlights the USD nature of the move. On Cable, next resistance is at 1.5705 if the market could manage to sustain some momentum. SI


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