Posts Tagged ‘election’

Philippine Peso Stocks Jump as Duterte Claims Presidential Win

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

The Philippine peso rose the most in six weeks against the dollar as Rodrigo Duterte sought to ease investor concerns after claiming victory in the nation’s presidential election.

The currency also strengthened versus all of its 10 Asian peers as preliminary results showed Duterte, the tough-talking mayor of Davao city, won about 39 percent of the vote.

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Positive News for the British Pound

Wednesday, April 8th, 2015


Two encouraging pieces of news emerged from the UK economy on Tuesday, both of which are likely to give the British Pound a boost in the currency markets and will be of keen interest to anyone involved in online Forex trading.

Stronger Growth Than Expected

The first of these was the announcement from the CBI that the British economy expanded at a faster rate in the past quarter than it did in the quarter before that.
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