{"id":110862,"date":"2017-08-14T00:30:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T04:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=110862"},"modified":"2017-08-14T00:30:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T04:30:53","slug":"investors-looking-for-havens-on-escalating-north-korea-tensions-14-8-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/08\/investors-looking-for-havens-on-escalating-north-korea-tensions-14-8-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors Looking For Havens On Escalating North Korea Tensions 14-8-2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-2372600828\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">August 14, 2017<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><b>By<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/mexgroup.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mexgroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Dollar Index stays steady.\u00a0<\/strong>The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, held steady at 93.096, after slipping around 0.4 percent on Friday. Subdued U.S. inflation data released on Friday added to doubts as to whether the Fed would raise interest rates again this year, weighing on the dollar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Investors Are Seeking For The Safe Haven Yen.\u00a0<\/strong>The dollar edged higher against the yen on Monday, trading above last week&#8217;s near 4-month low, with rising tensions between the United States and North Korea seen as the key to the near-term outlook.\u00a0The dollar is now close to the bottom of a 108 yen to 115 yen range. If tensions escalate further, then there would be an increased risk of a drop to levels below 108 yen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold Is Totally Dependent On The North Korea Situation.<\/strong>\u00a0Gold hovered near a two-month high, benefiting from the U.S.- North Korean tensions and Friday\u2019s weak U.S. inflation data. The dollar\u2019s recent weakness was also seen to be helping gold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By MEX Group Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/investors-looking-havens-escalating-north-korea-tensions-14-8-2017\/\">Investors Looking For Havens On Escalating North Korea Tensions 14-8-2017<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\">mexgroupblog<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"inves-3092660079\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; float:left; color:#666;\">Free Reports:<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads\"> \r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/graph_techs_PD.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><b><u>Get Our Free Metatrader 4 Indicators<\/u><\/b><\/a> - Put Our Free MetaTrader 4 Custom Indicators on your charts when you join our Weekly Newsletter<\/p><br><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cot_pie_80.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><b><u>Get our Weekly Commitment of Traders Reports<\/u><\/b><\/a> - See where the biggest traders (Hedge Funds and Commercial Hedgers) are positioned in the futures markets on a weekly basis.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mexgroup.com The Dollar Index stays steady.\u00a0The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, held steady at 93.096, after slipping around 0.4 percent on Friday. 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