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Most of Wednesday' US statistics were of the ho-hum variety. MBA mortgage applications were up by 13.5%. Import and export prices were both down by an annual 0.6%. Crude oil stocks were down by 2.7m bbl on the week.

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Confidence boost

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A better than average day for the USD

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First place for USD yesterday

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The USD weakened significantly on New Year's Day, losing half a cent to the EUR in a thin market...

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It was déjà vu all over again for the dollar

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Where the USD failed to respond positively to good US economic data, the EUR failed to respond to anything at all

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The dollar was Monday's clear leader, reinforcing its place as the week's top performer. It strengthened by an average of 0.4% against the other majors. No new US economic data were available to investors...

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It was the USD's turn yesterday to go with the flow, almost untouched by economic data or central bank inputs. On average it was 0.3% firmer against the other ten most actively-traded currencies.

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The backlog of data held back by the shutdown began to be unwound yesterday with the release of November's new home sales. They were punchy numbers, with a monthly increase of 16.9%...