(AOF) – In a foreign exchange market disrupted yesterday by unreassuring American data raising fears of a risk of recession, the euro yielded this Thursday around 5 p.m., 0.05% to 1.0789 dollars. Today, the Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index came in above expectations . Moreover, while building permits were fewer than expected, housing starts were better than anticipated.
On the other hand, only 190,000 jobless claims were recorded last week in the United States, compared with a consensus of 214,000 following 205,000 the previous week.
