Monday, April 30, 2007

Euro Falls From Records Versus Yen, Dollar as Report Shows Retail Weakness

(Bloomberg) -- The euro fell from historic highs against the yen and dollar on concern a decline in German retail sales reduced incentive for the European Central Bank to increase borrowing costs.

``German retail numbers were horrid,'' said Boris Schlossberg, senior currency strategist in New York at DailyFX.com. ``They added to concern the ECB will stop at 4 percent unless the European consumer starts spending.


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