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Spain's debt rating is cut, the G20 is all about Europe, but the sun in shining in Singapore — it's time for your FX Fix. more...

The euro edged lower on Friday after S&P cut Spain's ratings, but still remained on track for the biggest weekly rally since January after getting lifted by a flurry of short-covering.* more...

Gold was flat in thin trade on Friday, headed for its biggest weekly gain in more than a month, but the credit downgrade of Spain and its impact on the euro may weigh on market sentiment. more...

The Fast Money traders weigh in on JP Morgan downgrading Coca-Cola to neutral and how to trade it, and Todd Gordon, Aspen Trading, with a play on the Australian dollar. more...

Gold held steady on Tuesday, after Standard and Poor's downgrade of Italy's credit rating heightened worries about the euro zone debt crisis ahead of a key U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting.***** more...

Vasu Menon, VP of wealth management at OCBC Bank says Italy's lack of political willpower to execute austerity measures is the reason behind the downgrades. more...

With all the action on the Continent, the British pound has been out of the spotlight. It's time for a look - and you might not like it. more...

The UK's credit rating is four notches too high at present, and should be downgraded to A+, John Hydeskov, senior analyst at Danskebank, told CNBC. The analyst predicted that the UK would be formally downgraded in 2012, as a result of falling real growth and rising national debt. more...

The Fast Money traders weigh in on whether now is the time to cash in on financial stocks, and a play on the euro's plunge, with Andy Busch, BMO Capital. more...

The yen came under a bit of pressure on Wednesday after Moody's cut its rating for Japan's government debt, but commodity currencies held firm having gained after manufacturing data in China and Europe were less grim than feared.* more...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked Standard & Poor’s to disclose who within its ranks knew of its decision to downgrade US debt before it was announced last week, the FT reports. more...

Simon Hayes, chief UK economist at Barclays Capital joined CNBC on Wednesday to discuss the possibility of the Bank of England downgrading the growth forecast after the recent market turmoil. more...

After the downgrade of American debt, many Chinese asked whether their government had invested wisely. The NYT reports. more...

S&P is *worried about "what you're going to get in terms of the payback is going to worth a lot less, Gundlach said. "But that is not their job." more...

In the U.S., is it the fall of the Roman Empire or will our anemic growth pick up steam and help us out of the economic doldrums? more...

Standard & Poor's downgrade of the US' credit rating from AAA* on Friday, was "absurd", Richard Portes, professor of economics at the London Business School, told CNBC Monday. more...

The decision by Standard & Poor's to cut America's debt rating is, in Alan Greenspan’s view, bad for America’s state of mind. more...

"[S&P] is doing this to try to resurrect their reputation," says Donald Trump, chairman & president of the Trump Organization. more...

After the initial sting, Standard & Poor's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating should take a back seat to concerns about the health of the U.S. economy and efforts to resolve the European debt crisis. more...

Mohamed El-Erian, CEO & co-CIO, says the US downgrade heralds a new financial era. more...