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US Dollar Rallies, Crude Oil Tumbles on Global Growth Fears
Thursday, 16 October 2008 17:19:36 GMT  |  David Rodriguez, Quantitative Analyst
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The US Dollar rallied despite clearly disappointing US Industrial Production data, as renewed fears of a pronounced slowdown encouraged traders to seek the safety of the world’s foremost safe-haven currency. Dollar strength and recession fears likewise sparked sharp sell-offs in global commodity prices; crude oil futures now trade at their lowest levels since June, 2007. Continued fears over the future of global economic growth and general financial market instability seems likely to further fuel dollar advances and simultaneous commodity price tumbles.

 

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Written by David Rodríguez, Quantitative Analyst for DailyFX.com

To contact the author of this report, e-mail drodriguez@dailyfx.com

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