Once again the dollar is taking a pounding midweek as economists soften their views over the health of the recovery. Of particular concern are developments in the labor and housing markets where frustrations are building over the length of time it will take to fully wind back the clock to before the financial crisis. The euro is today rallying sharply even though several central bankers have attempted to wade into the budding inflation debate in order to defuse some of the tension.
Euro – With no Eurozone economic data to respond to in midweek trading, currency markets rounded up recent comments from ECB folk who have waded into the inflation debate.
U.S. Dollar – December housing starts fell 4.3% from November and helped pull the rug from beneath the dollar this morning. Housing starts fell to an annualized pace of 529,000 units from 553,000 the prior month frustrating hopes for a recovery in the construction industry.
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