Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

The Canadian economy expanded in January by 0.6 percent doubling economists expectations. This is the strongest monthly GDP figure since the price of oil was above $100 in July 2013. The Canadian...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. dollar is trading steady-to-lower against most of the major currencies ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls...

The USD continues to depreciate a day after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Yellen deflated any possibility of an April interest rate hike and put in question any moves in the first half of 2015. The...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Investors continued to sell the U.S. dollar Wednesday and that weakness drove the commodity currencies to fresh 2016 lows. The...

The USD tumbled against the CAD after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivered a speech at the Economic Club of New York. The USD had been weaker after the March Federal Open Market Committee...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management The U.S. dollar started the North American trading session on weak footing and its losses were exacerbated after Fed Chair Janet...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.This is a pivotal week for the U.S. dollar because Janet Yellen’s speech on Tuesday and the U.S. labor-market report on...

The loonie had a volatile day after the Brussel terrorist attacks shocked the world. The release of the Canadian Federal Budget, the first by the Liberal government, delivered on its promise to spend...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. This is a shortened trading week for currencies with Japanese markets closed overnight and nearly all of the major exchanges...

The Australian dollar has extended the robust bull trend of 2016 versus the US$, and particularly from early March into latter Q1. This reinforces the break through the peak from Q4 2015, to maintain...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.It has been a terrible week for the U.S. dollar and a great week for risk currencies. If we take a step back and think about...

When are Central Banks (and traders for that matter) going to learn that central bank intervention is a waste of time? The free market always wins. Not sometimes wins, ALWAYS WINS.USD/JPY Daily:...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The relentless selling of U.S. dollars after Wednesday’s FOMC announcement took USD/JPY into intervention territory and...

The Canadian dollar got a double boost from market events on Wednesday. The price of oil surged after lower U.S. crude inventories were announced and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting...