Forex trading headlines for the US session on April 19, 2013:
- Italian Centre-Left leader Bersani to resign, reports
- Fitch downgrades UK to AA+ from AAA
- ECB’s Weidmann: Interest rates are currently appropriate
- G20 pledges to be mindful of negative effects of monetary easing
- Japan’s Aso: G20 understands BOJ easing is to end deflation
- US Treasury official says EU needs to speed up banking union
- Canada March CPI 1.0% y/y vs 1.1% exp
- Euro shorts slashed in latest CFTC data
- S&P 500 +0.9% to 1555
- On the week, the S&P 500 fell 2.1% — largest decline of 2013
- On the day, JPY lags badly; NZD leads
