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Score one for the dollar! The greenback knocked its major counterparts off the charts early this week, and nope, it’s not just because the euro is taking the heat for its debt problems.

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Is it a stretch to say the Chinese wish to destroy the United States? Maybe! But it isn’t a stretch to say that China wants to become the primary global economic and military power in the world.

Ireland’s debt problems–three words I’m pretty sure you’ve heard a lot in the past few days. But really, what’s it all about? Clickity-click to find out!

Sorry folks, no roundup today… NOT! I gotcha didn’t I? With the not joke? No…? OH okay… Well, heads up because here comes Pip Diddy’s daily roundup!

Ho hum, might as well chalk this G20 summit up as a non-event since it didn’t come up with anything conclusive. Instead, they merely came up with a set of guidelines to measure current account imbalances. Not much, if you ask me!

Another wonderful Monday morning! And you know what that means! The post weekend hangover! Wanna get rid of that headache? Have a dose of my daily economic roundup – its just as good as two Advils and a glass of water!

We’ve got retail sales reports coming out from all over the world this week. New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. are all lined up to publish their consumer spending data. Let’s take a peek at who have been makin’ it rain, and who have been makin’ it drizzle!

Greetings, forexfolk! Once again, I bring you the latest developments in the broker scene. This week, we have the launch of a couple of mobile trading platforms and a broker restructuring of its operations. Come and take a look!

If you’re wondering if I committed a typo or something, you’re wrong! This is indeed Obama’s plan: to bring America’s primary budget deficit to zero.

Now that the U.S. Fed’s quantitative easing decision is out of the way, it seems like the markets have shifted their attention back to the euro zone. Let’s see how the infamous PIGS, or Portugal, Ireland, Germany, and Spain, are faring against the big, bad wolf named sovereign debt, shall we?

Dolla dolla bills yo! Can the dollar finish the week on a strong note? Or is it about time to give back some gains?

It looks like commodity bulls will have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving! Is there no stopping this bullish run?

With the G20 Summit just around the corner, how will they adjust their positions? Will it be risk on or risk off?

It may look like China is acting civil in responding to the rest of the world’s fingers pointed squarely their lead role in an imbalanced global economy. After all, the yuan has strengthened versus the dollar in the last couple days; China has been hiking bank reserve requirements and raising interest rates … with unusual frequency.

As the global economy struggles with talks of currency wars, one solution economic gurus offer G20 leaders is the age-old Olympic mantra, “go for the gold.”

Dollar domination! Will risk aversion stay in the markets and crush the higher-yielding currencies today? Check out my roundup to find out!

Two parties with two different stances. What’s on the line for Greece? A shot at immunity from sovereign debt default.

Good day, forex folks! Before you set off on your pipping adventures, make sure you drop by my economic roundup first to see what’s in store for the day.

Over the weekend, we received some news that the love-hate relationship between China and the U.S. once again took another twist. It seems that tensions between Chinese and U.S. leaders are easing up ahead of the G20 meeting that will take place on November 11-12 in Seoul, Korea.