Hong Kong stocks decline before China data

Source: Bloomberg
Hong Kong stocks dropped, lead by the city's benchmark index falling for the first time in three days, before reports may post the economy is slowing. There were little losses on belief slowing inflation may leave more room for additional monetary easing. The Hang Seng Index slipped 0.2% to 20,032.80 after a 0.6% gain.
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Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:30:13 GMT

Pound drops before BOE data

The Pound slipped on belief the Bank of England will decrease its forecasts for expansion and consumer prices as it reports the quarterly inflation data. U.K. currency dropped versus most of its major peers. The Sterling slipped 0.2% to $1.5587. It fell 0.5% to Y122.19, and almost didn't change at 79.40 pence per Euro.

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:55:12 GMT

Greenback turned lower on Eurozone's hopes

On Tuesday, August 7, the greenback remained lower versus the Euro and other major currencies amid hopes that the ECB will soon make decisive actions to stem the debt crisis in the Eurozone. In order to lower Italian and Spanish borrowing costs, the ECB may soon resume bond-buying program.  The shared currency strengthened against the greenback during today's New York trading session, with EUR/USD adding 

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