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Political as well as other crises across Europe add further pressure on the shared currency. The EUR/USD pair plunged to 0.9951, a fresh multi-year low, now recovering above parity. Speculative interest turned into safety amid persistent fears of recession, triggering stock market selloffs.Fears temporarily cooled during the US session as …

For the first time in almost 20 years, the US dollar is nearly equal in value to the Euro. This may sound good for the dollar, but it could be harmful for some sectors as well.If the dollar becomes exceptionally strong, it could harm the business for US companies, because …

The USD/CHF pair retreated from YTD highs around 0.9960s as traders got ready to launch an assault toward the parity, but the negative market sentiment and USD traders booking profits were the main reason that kept the USD/CHF around the 0.9900 mark. At the time of writing, the USD/CHF is …