'Rate' Tag

  • Dollar struggles again after latest job, housing news

    January 13, 2010

    Exchange rates have not been favorable for the US dollar in the early part of the week as the greenback has been hit again following disappointing news of late on the job and housing sector fronts. A Euro is currently worth $1.4566, well above the $1.43 price point it entered the year with. The British [...]

  • Gold price spikes as jobs disappoint

    January 8, 2010

    Just when it appeared that the gold price was ready to reverse its long-running and fast-paced upward trend, speculators have begun to jump back in. After falling to a 60-day low of $1,080.50, the price of gold reached its highest point in just over a month at the close of New York trade on January [...]