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There had been shots fired and were being fired while the 911 call was being placed, ... They knew there was a problem when they called. There was a confrontation, but what that was about is speculation.
The market isn't as confident about what the ECB is going to do, but they're more confident about what the Fed will do. The long euro strategy is built on faith, while the long dollar strategy is built on actual economic fundamentals.
The market is getting all lathered up over the prospects of the Bank of Japan rate tightening. This is without a doubt yen positive.
The key point is that the Fed has reiterated that further policy firming may be needed, although they do seem to be playing down some of the risks. The overall impact on the dollar is broadly neutral.
The initial reaction has been to buy dollars, but we've just come back to where we were half an hour before the statement where the dollar was quite weak.
I wouldn't stand in the way of that.
I can't imagine it's good for any currency but the Aussie and kiwi dollars bear the brunt of global risk events,
We're pretty friendly towards the Canadian dollar considering the central bank will continue lifting rates.
You have to feel confident the next 2 cents in the Australian dollar is down and not up. The market is beginning to contemplate the weakness of the domestic economy in the next 12 months.
We wanted to be able to do serious work for serious people right away. We don't want to just be doing ads for the condom shop or something.