Industry Braces For Tripolar Trading As Euro Holds Up In Brazil Storm

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LONDON--As the euro strengthened slightly last week against the dollar on the back of the flotation of the Brazilian real on January 15, industry sources say the new currency appears to have picked up from the Deutsche mark as a safe haven currency.

Officials also suggest that trading last week indicated that the FX market may be entering a "tripolar" phase, in which the US dollar, the euro and the Japanese yen dominate trading.

Market officials say that one possible outcome of this will be that

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