Currencies

Yen Depreciates as Stocks Rise, Investors Seek Higher-Yielding Currencies The yen declined against all of its major counterparts as stocks rose, driving investor demand for currencies tied to growth, including the Norwegian krone and Brazilian real.

Hedge-Fund Losses Show Drop in Euro Fails to Benefit All Currency Traders Hedge funds that trade currencies are taking hits from politicians casting them as speculators out to sink the euro and push Greece into insolvency. They are also losing money.

Dollar Optimism Soars to Highest Since 2008 as Economic Outlook Rebound Investors are the most bullish on the dollar since the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. on speculation the U.S. economy will expand at a faster pace than in Europe and Japan, a survey of Bloomberg users showed.

Canadian Currency Trades Near Highest Level in 5 Months on Growth Outlook Canada’s dollar traded near its strongest level in almost five months as investors bet the nation’s economy will be among the strongest during the global recovery.

Chilean Inflation Swap Yields Fall to a Record Low on CPI Bets; Peso Drops Yields on Chile’s inflation-linked interest-rate swaps fell to a record as economists bet inflation will quicken amid boosted government spending and a shortage of goods following the country’s worst earthquake in 50 years.

Dollar Is `Critically Poised' Against Yen: Commerzbank Technical Analysis The dollar may rise against the yen should it break a key resistance level at 92.55, Commerzbank AG said, citing technical indicators.

Buy Mexican Peso Via Options as Growth May `Surprise,' Morgan Stanley Says Investors should buy the Mexican peso through options as economic growth in the second-largest Latin American economy may “surprise on the upside,” Morgan Stanley said.

Bank of America Cuts Forecasts for Euro on Lack of European Fiscal Unity Bank of America Corp. cut its forecasts for the euro for the end of March and June on expectations that a lack of fiscal unity among the nations that make up the monetary union will undermine the currency.

Papandreou Says Obama Is `Supportive' of Measures to Stem Deficit Crisis Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said President Barack Obama expressed support for measures being taken to deal with Greece’s financial crisis.

Franc Falls From One-Year High Versus Euro Amid Intervention Speculation The Swiss franc pared its advance against the euro after reaching the highest level in a year, amid speculation the nation’s central bank sold the currency to damp its appreciation.

Posen Says Bank of England Hopes Bond Plan Has `Done it' as Economy Grows Bank of England officials are counting on their 200 billion-pound ($300 billion) bond-purchase program to have succeeded in restoring the economy to growth, policy maker Adam Posen said.

Romania's Rating Outlook Raised to Stable at S&P on Budgetary Commitment Romania’s credit rating outlook was raised to stable at Standard & Poor’s after the International Monetary Fund resumed a bailout loan to the country and the government passed an austerity budget.