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Defensive mood benefits dollar

By Neil Dennis

Published: July 3 2009 11:20 | Last updated: July 3 2009 20:50

The dollar received a boost this week after investors became a little more uncertain about the prospects for the economy following Thursday’s US jobs report.

Not always the most reliable indicator of the market’s attitude to risk, the US non-farm payrolls report for June came in so far below expectations that faith in the “green shoots” scenario was severely dented.

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