24.07.2014 - The currency conundrum
The European Central Bank (ECB) is under pressure from eurozone politicians to introduce quantitative easing (QE) to reduce the value of the euro against the dollar. Politicians say a fall of 10 per cent from $1.35 to $1.20-1.25 is needed to help eurozone companies export and tackle low inflation. But not everyone is convinced a European version of QE would weaken the euro and, in the meantime, the strength of the euro and sterling against the dollar (and emerging market currencies) is having a major impact on investments...............................................Full Article: Source
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