RBA Rate Hike Possible as AUD Appreciates Significantly Since Mid-January The Australian dollar came under pressure today morning after Australia recorded weak retail data. This is expected to reflect concerns regarding the rate decision, according to Commerzbank...
Here’s why Governor Elvira Nabiullina is in no haste to resume foreign-currency purchases after an eight-month pause: gold’s biggest quarterly surge since 1986 has all but erased losses the Bank of Russia suffered by mounting a rescue of the ruble more than a year ago...
USD Longs Cut Again, CAD Shorts Fall – Nomura David Wagner, Research Analyst at Nomura, suggests that according to the IMM data for the week ended March 29, non-commercial accounts continued to sell USD to the tune of -$1.5bn, bringing positioning in USD to $7.4bn...
GBP: Low Turnout will Increase Brexit Risk - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the pound is continuing to weaken and becoming more volatile ahead of the EU referendum on the 23rd June...
Poor Australia Retail Sales Data Fuels Rba Rate Cut Bets Australian retail sales data disappointed for the third consecutive month and momentum has clearly slowed in the past three months. Data released earlier today showed Australia's Feb retail sales came at 0.0% m/m missing expectations for 0...
UK: Sterling Storms and Fat Tails – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, suggests that with the UK’s referendum on EU membership approaching on the 23rd June, short-end GBP vol has risen dramatically...
UK Construction PMI Preview: What to Expect of GBP/USD? UK construction PMI for March is due for release today. The report is the least important compared to UK manufacturing PMI and services PMI report. Market expects UK construction PMI to print at 54...
USD Rally Over? – Danske Bank Senior Analyst at Danske Bank Sverre Holbek hinted at the fact that the USD upside could be nearly over. Key Quotes “The USD was remarkably stable despite the string of better-than-expected US data on Friday”...
EUR/USD in Red, Stabilizes Below 1.1400 The single currency has started the week on an offered fashion vs. the greenback, prompting EUR/USD to give away part of last week’s strong advance...
There is no trade call for the session. The London session is relatively quiet, however we will see Employment figures from Spain and Construction PMI from the UK. Currency Update USD: Employment figures for March were solid with 215,000 jobs added, a rise of 0...
AUD: Not a Rate Cut Trigger - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that the RBA board meeting tomorrow will be the main focus this week. Key Quotes “We (and the market) are expecting rates to remain on hold at 2% as global and domestic economic conditions have recently been tracking reasonably well...
Yen Rises Against Majors The Japanese yen strengthened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Monday. The yen rose to nearly a 5-week high of 158.43 against the pound and a 2-week high of 111.32 against the U.S. dollar, from last week's closing quotes of 158.69 and 111...
AUD/JPY: Bears Attacking 85.00 on Poor Aus Retail Trade The Australian dollar continues to get heavily battered in the Asian session on awful Australian data, now pushing AUD/JPY lower to test 85 handle. AUD/JPY revisiting daily lows The AUD/JPY pair now drops -0.69% to 85...
NZD/USD Under Pressure Below 0.69 on Lower Oil The NZD/USD pair is seen trading with a heavy tone in the Asian session, with the prices surrendering 0.69 handle amid weakness across the commodities’ space. NZD/USD recovers from 0...
An Economics Education by Bitcoin - Part II By Brian Blum The first Bitcoin wallets were integrated with the distributed systems which talked to each other to reach a consensus on transactions which had taken place. This consensus is called the "block chain...
An Economics Education by Bitcoin - Part I By Brian Blum For those unfamiliar with Bitcoin, there are better ways to begin understanding it than this article; I'd recommend Wikipedia for starters...
USD/JPY: Expectations of the Interest Rate Increase in the USA Have Significantly Decreased At the closing trading session in Asia Japanese stock index Nikkei Stock Average fell by 3.6% to 16164.16 points...
USD Still Vulnerable ahead of NFP Report – MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the US dollar continues to remain on the defensive ahead of the release today of the latest non-farm payrolls report...
JPY: Stronger Yen Hits Business Confidence in Japan - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, suggests that the weakness in the Japanese equity market and the strengthening of the yen likely reflects as well a further loss of investor confidence in Abenomics following the release overnight of...
