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Fed’s Lacker heartened by strong Dec. job gain

MarketWatch.com - All MarketWatch News - Currencies — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:40:11 +0000

RICHMOND (MarketWatch) - The surprising 200,000 net gain in December payrolls was "a heartening sign of a potential firming trend," said Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker on Friday. In a speech to financial service professionals, L...

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France set to lose triple-A rating: reports

MarketWatch.com - All MarketWatch News - Currencies — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:14:10 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Ratings agency Standard & Poor's is set to announce later Friday that it has cut France's coveted triple-A rating, undermining euro-zone efforts to solve a persistent sovereign-debt crisis, according to media reports. Fre...

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No constructive response in Greek debt talks: IIF

MarketWatch.com - All MarketWatch News - Currencies — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:07:47 +0000

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Negotiations on restructuring privately-held Greek government debt failed to produce a "constructive consolidated response by all parties" and have been suspended, negotiators representing Greece's private-sector creditors sa...

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Euro country downgrades possible Friday: report

MarketWatch.com - All MarketWatch News - Currencies — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:15:37 +0000

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Ratings agency Standard & Poor's could move as early as Friday to downgrade euro-zone countries, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing European Union sources. The euro extended losses and traded at $1.2702 versus the doll...

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Greek bond swap talks to resume next week: reports

MarketWatch.com - All MarketWatch News - Currencies — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:37:09 +0000

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Talks between Greece and private bondholders on a voluntary debt exchange failed to come to a conclusion on Friday and will likely resume on Wednesday, according to several news reports. Greek officials have been negotiating ...

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U.S. trade gap widens sharply in November

MarketWatch.com - All MarketWatch News - Currencies — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:30:28 +0000

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - After declining for four straight months, the U.S. trade deficit widened by 10.4% in November to $47.8 billion, the Commerce Department said Friday. This is the largest trade gap since June and the biggest jump in the deficit...

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Coming up: Trade gap and import prices

MarketWatch.com - All MarketWatch News - Currencies — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:01:00 +0000

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The government will issue reports on the November trade deficit and December import prices at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. The deficit likely widened 3.0% to $44.8 billion in November from $43.5 billion in October, according to econom...

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Italy sells 4.75 bln euros of bonds, yield falls

MarketWatch.com - All MarketWatch News - Currencies — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:39:33 +0000

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Italy on Friday sold 4.75 billion euros ($6.1 billion) of government bonds, news reports said, meeting the top end of its target range of 3 billion to 4.75 billion euros. Italy sold 3 billion euros of a November 2014 bond at ...

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ECB lending to Spanish banks jumps in December

MarketWatch.com - All MarketWatch News - Currencies — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:41:40 +0000

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Spanish banks sharply increased borrowing from the European Central Bank in December to 134.8 billion euros ($173.4 billion) from 106 billion euros in November, according to data released by the Bank of Spain on Friday. The f...

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Chile delivers first rate cut since 2009 to 5%

MarketWatch.com - All MarketWatch News - Currencies — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:44:59 +0000

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Chile's central bank delivered an unexpected, quarter-percentage point interest-rate cut to 5% late Thursday, the first reduction since July 2009. Analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires had expected, on average, the bank to...

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