EUR/USD Grows on Trade Balance News


EUR/USD rose from 1.4575 to 1.4635 today after the news from the U. S. Department of Labor and the U. S. Census Bureau arrived. Despite them being better than expected, they failed to stop dollar or even stock markets from declining today.
Initial jobless claims for the last week went down from 357,000 to 348,000 — slightly better than it was expected by the markets (350,000).
Trade balance deficit in U.S. decreased in December from $63.1 billion to $58.8 billion — much better than it was expected ($61.5 billion). Exported grew by more than two billion dollar, while imports dropped by almost the same value.