Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

The Canadian dollar was lower versus its American counterpart on Tuesday ahead of the American Petroleum Institute weekly report on crude inventories. Oil prices have been softer since inventories...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. dollar is proving to be a big winner in a period when central banks around the world are talking about easing. The...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Many currency pairs traded higher on Monday thanks to the overall strength in U.S. stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. dollar traded higher against most of the major currencies Friday following better-than-expected consumer spending...

The ECB is Expected to Show the Same Caution as the Fed and BoEThe European Central Bank (ECB) is up in the economic calendar as the next major central bank to follow the Brexit aftermath. The ECB is...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Sterling traded sharply higher Thursday after the Bank of England left interest rates unchanged. Yet with most policymakers...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Short covering sparked strong rallies for most of Tuesday's major currencies. Both GBP/USD and USD/JPY soared more than 2% as...

The USDCAD has enjoyed a relatively decent move over the past few weeks as the greenback has rallied in response to some robust US job figures and a depressed oil market. Subsequently, price action...

UK Central Bank Could Cut Interest Rates to Deal with Brexit AftermathU.S. employment data provided direction to investors who are still anxious about the referendum vote by Britain to leave the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. economy may have added 287k jobs in June, but we’re not impressed. Judging from the performance of the dollar...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. In less than 24 hours, the June nonfarm payrolls report will be released. Most economists and investors expect a strong...

The Canadian trade balance brought bad news for the economy early in the North American trade session. The deficit was wider in May at CAD 3.28 billion higher than the forecast of CAD 2.7 billion....

Here are two Great Graphics that portray two time series: the dollar-yuan exchange rate and the yuan against a trade-weighted basket. The first chart comes from a highly reputable consulting firm. It...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset ManagementTypically when there are spikes low in currencies like the ones seen Wednesday in GBP/USD and USD/JPY, investors start to wonder...