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Dollar Mixed Despite Solid Economic Data
The dollar is turning in a mixed performance against its major rivals Thursday afternoon. The buck has pared its early gains against its major European rivals and is now down against the Euro and the British pound. However, but dollar is rising against the Japanese Yen. There was economic data aplenty on both sides of the pond Thursday. The latest batch of U.S. data was largely better than expected. A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed a modest decrease in first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended November 25th. The report said initial jobless claims edged down to ... (full story)