
The Euro had a great day in comparison to the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, January 18. Whether this is a sign of economic improvement in Europe is debatable. But the fact remains that there is confidence that the Euro zone can recover from the current mess they are now in. The Euro rose over 1.5 percent on Wednesday after a couple days of dipping prices. This put the Euro/USD mark at 1.2849. It had previously been at a low of just under 1.265 a couple days beforehand.
The good news is that people have not lost complete faith in the Euro. Even if the Euro zone needs to fix a lot of problems before they are completely safe, the Euro is well-regarded enough to stave off immediate disaster. If the Euro zone had not been created, it is unclear just how the individual countries’ would have reacted to their particular debt crises. Odds are they would not have responded as well as the Euro did in this situation.
The Euro was almost at 1.500 back in May of 2011. A lot has changed since then. Greece especially is in trouble. As their talks of rebuilding the economy stall out, the problems that the Euro is facing are getting worse. Greece will serve as a litmus test for the entire Euro zone. If Greece cannot make a deal and does go into default, the repercussions will be felt across the world. How the Euro zone handles their currency after a member defaults will be interesting to watch. But don’t expect the Euro to lose too much, the Euro zone is far too strong to allow just one member to bring the entire economy down. This doesn’t mean the Euro will sky rocket. In fact, a sharp drop will probably occur using Tom’s EA. Just don’t expect it to drop too far.