Custom HouseCustom House NewsLittle froth in loonie's latest rise- January 31, 2008 The combination of U.S. Fed rate-slashing, stable stock markets and improving commodity prices have rekindled interest in the Canadian dollar, but traders say this rally has little of the speculative froth or conviction that catapulted the loonie to dizzying heights last fall.http://www.customhouse.com/news-and-resources/news-media/coverage/article/?id=2008/0130 Dollar edges up as Fed rate decision approaches- January 30, 2008 The dollar edged up against the euro and yen on Tuesday after a mixed bag of economic data led dealers to trim bets against the currency ahead of this week's policy decision by the Federal Reserve.http://www.customhouse.com/news-and-resources/news-media/coverage/article/?id=2008/0129 Exchange Rate Treating Canadians Kindly- January 26, 2008 When Diane and Glen Numbers left their Canadian home to find a snowbird nest in the United States, they tried Florida one winter, Texas the next and Arizona after that. In just a week here, the military couple had made an offer to buy a condo, and they haven't spent a frigid winter in Ontario in the 15 years since.http://www.customhouse.com/news-and-resources/news-media/coverage/article/?id=2008/0125 Australian Inflation Rises- January 23, 2008 Tobias Davis, senior foreign exchange dealer at Custom House Global Foreign Exchange speaks with CNBC's Sri Jegarajah about the impact of Australia's high inflation numbers.http://www.customhouse.com/news-and-resources/news-media/coverage/article/?id=2008/0122 Weak German data buoys dollar, yen falls on stocks- January 20, 2008 The dollar rose on Wednesday, shrugging off worries of a U.S. recession, as investors started to focus on a potential growth slowdown in the euro zone after gloomy German industrial output and retail data.http://www.customhouse.com/news-and-resources/news-media/coverage/article/?id=2008/0109 Australia, N.Z. Dollar Trades Near One-Week High Against Yen- January 11, 2008 The Australian and New Zealand dollars rose to near a one-week high versus the yen as a rally in U.S. stocks encouraged traders to increase holdings of higher-yielding assets bought with Japanese loans.http://www.customhouse.com/news-and-resources/news-media/coverage/article/?id=2008/0110 |