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Greenback gains from Greek grief

16/02/12 @ 11:04 GMT by Michael Derks, Chief Strategist


Noticeable over the past week has been the increasing flight back into the dollar as concerns over Greece mount once more. With northern Europe, especially Germany, prepared to play hard-ball with Greek politicians, there is a genuine fear that time is running out to make a binding restructuring-deal before the next bond repayment on March 20th. The dollar index has climbed 1.5% since the middle of last week, and is now back above both the 200d and 50d moving average. Contributing to dollar-demand has been some better economic news out of the US at a time when recession has been confirmed in a number of eurozone countries.

At the risk of stating the obvious, if the Greek impasse continues over coming days, then the dollar stands to benefit further.

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Michael Derks

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