L'euro prosegue gli scambi in caduta libera nei confronti del biglietto verde, dopo le indicazioni emerse ieri dal numero uno della BCE, Jean Claude Trichet in conferenza stampa. Infatti, il Presidente della banca centrale europea, mettendo l'accento sulle preoccupazioni relative alla crescita, ha definitivamente smorzato la convinzione che la banca centrale possa procedere ad ulteriori rialzi dei tassi nel prossimo futuro, aprendo anche la strada a possibili tagli, in considerazione delle dinamiche della crescita future. L'euro scambia stamattina a 1,5233 usd, in pesante calo rispetto alla chiusura di ieri, dopo aver bucato la vigilia l'importante supporto posto in area 1,54 usd. Un'accelerazione ribassista, con conseguente aumento della volatilità, potrebbe portare l'euro a testare nuovi supporti in area 1,42-1,43 nel prossimo futuro.
Originally posted by vittorio2010: Just purchased $200 worth of euros from a Wells Fargo Bank in Salt Lake City and got 125€, enough for toll booths and a stop or two at an Autogrill.
I don't know what Wells Fargo charged you per Euro but I got raped by my dear old Bank of America. They charged my nearly $0.10 more than it cost to withdraw Euro at ATM in Italy using my little local banks ATM card.
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Posts: 2506 | Location (City & State): Connecticut, USA | Registered: 07 October 2005
They charged my nearly $0.10 more than it cost to withdraw Euro at ATM in Italy using my little local banks ATM card.
Your US bank/credit card company will always give you the current exchange rate when withdrawing Euros from an ATM, while an exchange bureau will always mark up a few cents from the actual rate.
Personally, I never bring cash to Europe, just a CC and a Debit Card.
Posts: 12 | Location (City & State): Maryland U.S ( Former Friuli resident ) | Registered: 21 July 2008
I'm a bit late on the come back due to other activities but of course I realize who it is good for and who it is not good for i.e. people who go to the USA on vacation and Americans who are selling up to go back to live in the USA. I was merely pointing out that to say a strengthening dollar is good is meaningless.
It's really the only way that any of us can look at things of this nature - from a personal viewpoint.
The recent exchange rate crisis has hit so many expats who have retired here and rely on their pensions from their 'old' countries. I know that my pension has lost 22% of it's value in recent months, and that causes me some considerable worry. But I'm not naive enough to believe that it's only happened to me.
All I know is that I can now appreciate how those who receive $ pensions have been feeling for sometime and how they must have been worrying about their fate for a lot longer than I have.
Originally posted by Bill 2: The trend seems to be continuing- the euro dropped to 1.48 yesterday, from a high of 1.60 last month. Let's hope it keeps going.
Expats in Italy Forum 
Wheee!
