Lacklustre economic data are piling up in US, the Fed has abandoned its hawkish rhetoric for a cautious one amid faltering inflation pressures. Since mid-May, the greenback has lost more than 5...
After easing to a fresh session low at 112.33, the USD/JPY is making a modest recovery despite the USD weakness as investors turn their attention to equity indexes. At the moment, the pair is trading at 112.83, gaining 0.25% on the day. Today's only macro data from the U.S...
EUR/USD is trading around 1.1470 after being unable to break above last week highs. The pair peaked at 1.1486, the highest since Wednesday. The euro failed to rise above 1.1490 (2017 highs) and pulled back modestly...
The US Federal Reserve wants to let inflation run and keep interest rates low. This, we believe, is for two reasons. First, letting inflation rise will allow erode the US Central Bank’s bond-bloated balance sheet in real terms...
Chinese equities tumbled on Monday with the tech focussed Shenzhen index falling 4.28% to 1,800.54, while the Shanghai Composite was off 1.43% to 3,176.46 points. Data showed the world’s second largest economy grew 6...
The global economy is in good shape and the CIO believes areas of weakness are not a cause for immediate concern. The CIO remains confident in the global recovery, writes Mark Haefele. Optimism about the outlook for the global economy has been relatively high...
Inflation data and central bank meetings will be the focus of next week. But we wouldn't hold our breath – the meetings in emerging market countries are unlikely to bring major changes. EURUSD bulls, like us, will be more concerned about the ECB press conference on Thursday...
The EUR/USD pair recorded a 50-pip jump in the first hour of the NA session and approached its 14-month top, which it set on Wednesday at 1.1473. While holding on to its daily gains, the pair is trading at 1.1467, up 0.6%, or 70 pips, on the day...
The demand for the shared currency remains firm at the end of the week, taking EUR/USD to the upper end of the range in the 1.1460/70 band...
The greenback, in terms of the US Dollar Index, is trading on the back footing early in the European session although it manages to keep the area around 95.50 for the time being...
Analysts at Nomura explained that the euro has moved a long way (nearly 6% since our entry), and they feel it is prudent to tactically book profits. Key Quotes: "Expectations for the ECB have swung from low expectations of tightening to tapering and possibly two rate hikes by the end of next year...
EUR/USD is hovering around 1.1400, marginally lower. It is falling for the second day in a row as it continues to correct lower from 1-year highs that reached on Wednesday during the Asian session at 1.1489...
At the 6.75 range, the USD/CNY has hit its lowest level so far in 2017, and our outlook is that it will keep falling. China’s export surplus balance is holding strong at +$42.4 billion, and its surplus to the USA grew $3 billion in June alone...
The US dollar extended losses yesterday after the Fed Chair expressed uncertainty about the effects of tightening on inflation. After retreating as much 0.80% during the day, EUR/USD bounced back to 1...
FX Strategists at UOB Group now expect the pair to navigate between 1.1320 and 1.1520 in the near term. Key Quotes “EUR traded in a choppy manner yesterday, rising initially to a fresh high of 1.1489 before plummeting to hit a low of 1.1390 during NY hours...
On Thursday, the Bank of Canada will decide whether to raise rates. Will interest go up again, as it has over the past month? On the one hand, the BoC has a decidedly hawkish view. Currency traders have been convinced enough to price in 67 basis points worth of rate hikes for the coming 12 months...
Investors appear to expect a dovish statement today from US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen , i.e. a ‘Goldilocks’ not-too-fast, not-too-slow approach to monetary policy...
Trump Jr email release led broad USD weakness and risk-aversion extended into Asia on Wednesday, with the Yen’s recovery gaining momentum into a second day versus its American counterpart...
EUR/USD rallied to 1.1480 on Tuesday and extended gains to a 14-month high of 1.1484 in the Asian session today as the German bond yields resumed the rally, while the treasury yields underperformed on talks of Fed rate rise pause...
