Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

Tourists are flooding into Japan this year because currency values matter to every day people whether they regularly follow exchange rates or not. Here's my travel report from Japan, its economy and...

CAD The loonie continued to track lower against the dollar on Thursday, in line with our call for the pair. All told, we think current valuations better reflect Canadian fundamentals, having spent...

The Turkish Lira has shown resilience against the US Dollar, trading near the 33 level. Factors such as the Central Bank of Turkey's tightening policy and Moody's credit rating upgrade have...

CAD While the BoC cut rates, as was widely expected and in line with our pre-announcement call, yesterday’s meeting skewed dovish, with Governor Macklem appearing to leave the door open to cuts at...

The Japanese Yen currency has been in a strong selloff for the past 12+ years. Today, we ask: Could the Yen finally be bottoming? As you can see on the long-term monthly chart of the Japanese Yen...

CAD Even as traders elsewhere in the world have growth in focus today, loonie watchers will be monitoring the BoC like hawks, with a rate decision set to be unveiled at 14:45 BST. We expect the...

The Japanese yen has kept on strengthening after a possible currency intervention by BoJ. Ahead of the Bank of Japan's next meeting at the end of the month, the USD/JPY pair is in a downtrend. The...

How the weak Japanese Yen is changing how Japanese firms do business. Here are my on-the-ground reports from Japan

CAD The BoC’s Wednesday rate decision is front and centre for the loonie this week. As we have pointed out previously, a combination of soft domestic growth, an unwinding labour market, and inflation...

CAD This afternoon’s retail sales data marks the last major data release before the BoC announces its rate decision next week. That said, we doubt it can do anything to derail the prospect of a cut...

CAD The Canadian data calendar takes a breather following Tuesday’s inflation data, with retail sales on Friday the only other release of note for the week. This should keep the CAD trading at the...

The EUR/USD poked its head above the June high to approach 1.0950, reaching its best level since March. The US dollar has weakened further despite the release of mixed-bag US data this week, with...

CAD June CPI data was in focus for loonie traders yesterday, and based on those numbers, we think there is little reason for the BoC not to cut rates when they meet next week. The data confirms that...

CAD Yet more evidence of the Canadian economy’s ongoing struggles saw the loonie on the back foot to start the week, with USDCAD rising by 0.3pp on Monday as a result. Specifically, the Bank of...