European session: the euro rose sharply

The dollar fell to its weakest level in a month against the euro, as optimism about the fact that U.S. lawmakers will reach an agreement to avoid the so-called "financial failure" caused damping demand for safer assets.

The U.S. currency fell against all but two of the 16 major currencies in anticipation of a report from the U.S., which is expected to show that gross domestic product growth accelerated in the third quarter to a level 2.8%, compared with the initial estimate at around 2 %.

The euro rose for the first time in four days against the yen as Spanish and Italian yield bonds dropped to the very minimum values ​​for the last eight months, while stoking optimism that the debt crisis in the region is weakening.

The dollar index, which is used to track the value of the dollar against six currencies, the U.S. partners, fell 0.3% to 80.106.

Pound weakened for a second day against the euro after a report showed that house prices in the UK remained unchanged this month, adding to evidence that the recovery is losing momentum in the country. At the same time, annualized decline of 1.2%. Note also that the average price of a house in the UK was 163,853 pounds November.

EUR/USD: during the European session, the pair sharply increased significantly, setting all-time high at $ 1.2998

GBP/USD: during the European session the pair fell to $ 1.6000, but later rose to $ 1.6035

USD/JPY: during the European session is around Y82-Y82.20

At 13:30 GMT, Canada will become aware of the balance of the current account balance of payments for the 3rd quarter and the index of commodity prices for October. At 13:30 GMT the U.S. will publish data on GDP, the GDP price index, an index of personal consumption expenditures, the main index of personal consumption expenditures in Q3, as well as information on the number of initial claims for unemployment insurance and the number of repeated applications for unemployment benefits for November. At 15:00 GMT the United States will report on changes in the volume of outstanding home sales for October. At 21:45 GMT New Zealand has announced the change of volume of building permits issued in October. Finish the day at 23:30 GMT Japan data on the change of the level of household spending in October, the consumer price index in Tokyo, Tokyo CPI excluding prices for fresh food, Tokyo CPI excluding prices for food and energy, the index of consumer prices, the consumer price index excluding prices for fresh food, the consumer price index excluding prices for food and energy in October, as well as preliminary data on industrial production for October.