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Australian leading index, which is based on 7 economic indicators, and is designed to predict the direction of the economy, fell in March, suggesting the economy is struggling to grow >>

The Japanese government upgraded its growth forecast on Monday for the first time in two months, a sign that growth is accelerating as exports and factory output are picking up. >>

Britain's home sellers increased asking prices for a fifth month in a row, pushing them to the all-time high in May, providing the property market with its best start to >>

Consumer spending in the world's largest economy is expected to accelerate this year, while government spending will decline at a faster rate, according to a survey of business economists. >>

Even despite the nation's plan, which is projected to stabilise public finances and lead to an economic recovery, Slovenia's credit rating was downgrade by the Fitch agency. >>

The South Pacific currencies maintain a strong correlation and both appreciate today. The kiwi stepped higher from a 0.81 level and moves towards the weekly PP level at 0.8161. >>

If we simply look at past week's statistics, we see that the 17-nation currency is doing well, its currency index was able to advance 0.3% since May 13. >>

Dukascopy Trade Pattern Ideas for GBP/USD (Channel Down), GBP/AUD (Channel Up), USD/NOK (Rising Wedge) and SGD/JPY (Channel Down) till 15:30 GMT. >>

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One of the main drivers for the recent Yen decline is the on-going easing by the Bank of Japan, and determination of the central bankers and the government to hit >>

The loonie advanced so rapidly that the exchange rate exceeded the upper Bollinger band by 70 pips for a moment on Friday's trading session. >>

The Aussie faces huge bearish sentiments in recent weeks, as the pair almost touched 0.97. >>

EUR/JPY is traded in a narrow range around a 132.00 benchmark for almost two weeks. >>

China's shares advanced on Monday pushing the regional benchmark index to the strongest level in a seven-week period as brokerages increased amid higher trading volumes among Asian stocks. The Shanghai >>

Industrial new orders in Italy advanced in March from the month before largely due to a 3.6% increase in non-domestic demand and a 0.2% gain in domestic orders, the statistical >>