NZD/USD Boosted by US Dollar Weakness – Westpac Imre Speizer, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that the NZD/USD broke above its six-month old trading range recently, following a dovish speech by Fed Chair Yellen. Key Quotes “The break above 0.6900 technically signals a move to at least 0...
US: ISM Non-Manufacturing Index Losing Streak to End - RBS Brian Daingerfield, FX Trading Strategist at RBS, suggests that today the ISM non-manufacturing index is released for March in the US...
Japan: Demand for Foreign Assets Near Record Levels – Westpac Robert Rennie, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that historically, we have tended to see Japanese demand for foreign assets soften into financial year end. Key Quotes “However, this end of year looks to be an exception...
Fed’s Evans: Two Rate Hikes This Year will be "Appropriate" Speaking in Hong Kong, Chicago Fed President Evans commented on the Fed’s interest rates outlook. Key Quotes: Too early to tell if inflation rebound is sustained Fed rate path will depend on economic data...
Fed Minutes Likely to Echo Dovish Tone of Meeting - BNPP Research Team at BNP Paribas, suggests that the US front-end yields and the USD have failed to capitalise on the stronger than expected US data on Friday...
AUD/USD Jolts Higher to 0.7630, RBA Keeps Rates On-Hold The AUD/USD pair reversed losses and jumped back on the bids after the RBA decided to keep its official cash rate unchanged at a record low of 2.0% at its policy meeting today...
RBA Keeps Rate Unchanged, AUD May Complicate Adjustment in Economy As widely expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia left the official interest rate unchanged at 2%, noting that at today's meeting, the Board judged that there were reasonable prospects for continued growth in the economy, with inf...
BOJ, MOF, FSA Officials to Meet on Markets from 5:00 GMT Bloomberg reports that BOJ, MOF (Ministry of Finance) and FSA (Financial Services Agency) officials are to meet on markets from 0500GMT...
USD: Near Term Outlook Looks Very Bleak - Westpac Richard Franulovich, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that the near term USD outlook looks very bleak, as the full import of Chair Yellen’s decidedly dovish tone continues to reverberate the USD could see another 2-3% USD downside from curren...
US: Encouraging Signs of Economic Growth - ING James Smith, Economist at ING, suggests that an encouraging labour report, coupled with an increase in the ISM Manufacturing Index, will give the FOMC more confidence about the direction of the economy...
BOJ’s Kuroda: Yen Rises had Negative Effect on Big Manufacturers' Sentiment More headlines flowing in from the BOJ Chief Kuroda via Reuters, as he comments on the Yen and overall Japanese economic growth...
BOJ's Kuroda: Watching Forex Moves Carefully BOJ (Bank Of Japan) Governor Kuroda is crossing the wires, speaking in parliament, noting that they are watching forex moves carefully but monetary policy doesn't directly target forex, adding that it is desirable for forex to move in way reflecting fu...
America's "exorbitant privilege" of being able to pay its bills in the currency it prints at a zero marginal cost has been a matter of great controversy ever since the term was coined in the mid-1960s by the former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who was serving as a young finance mini...
Greece could again face the threat of being pushed into default and out of the euro if its current bailout review drags on into June and July, according to European officials monitoring the slow progress of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s negotiations with creditors...
WTI Gains Still Capped Above $37.00 The barrel of West Texas Intermediate keeps the initial negative tone unchanged on Monday, fading another bullish attempt to the key $37.00 handle. WTI up on US weakness Crude oil prices keep the narrow trading range today, finding support around $36...
Citigroup Inc., the world’s biggest currency trader, says it’s “too soon” to buy the U.S. dollar after it slumped to a nine-month low and economic data came in stronger than forecast. A gauge of the dollar was little changed Monday after dropping 1...
Brent: Pressure on the Price Continues Weekly data released by the US Department of Energy last Wednesday showed the rise in the US oil reserves; which together with statement by Saudi crown prince Mohammend bin Salman, caused the decline in the price of crude oil Brent on Friday against the rise...
Brent: Oil Prices Go Down Qatar’s Minister of oil Mohammed bin Saleh al Sada said that 12 countries confirmed their participation in the upcoming meeting, devoted to freezing of oil production. The meeting will be held on 17 April in Doha...
U.S. Government Bonds Climb As Investors Eye Crude Oil Prices, FOMC Minutes The U.S. sovereign bonds rallied on Monday as investors are closely monitoring a spike in the prices of crude oil and waiting to read any hints from Federal Reserve members’ comments for future policy actions...