The US dollar lost 0.15% against the pound while trading blows with the euro on Thursday.
The US economy seems immune to the medicine it is being fed by the Federal Reserve. Increased lending costs were supposed to result in lower economic output, but yesterday’s housebuilding permits and initial jobless claims showed there was no let-up for the world’s largest economy.
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