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G20 Meeting Amid Increasing Currency Tensions

Monday, February 11, 2013 9:43

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from Gold Money

Dynamite on dollar notes We saw a slight return of euro jitters in the second half of last week, following comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, hinting that the strengthening euro since last summer was problematic for the eurozone. The currency fell from a high of US$1.36 on Wednesday to below $1.335 this morning, but has recovered slightly. We’ve been hearing more concerns from eurozone leaders about this recently, what with Francois Hollande’s comments on this subject and German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble expressing “deep concern” about the direction of Japanese monetary policy, with the Bank of Japan now trying to force a substantial depreciation in the yen.