Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

The Federal Reserve has made it official. Starting later this month, it will reduce its monthly bond purchases by $15 billion ($10 billion Treasuries, $5 billion mortgage-backed securities). By...

For the first time since the pandemic began, the Federal Reserve will reduce the stimulus it has been providing. Given the significance of this move and what it means for the central bank’s...

Earlier this morning, the Japanese yen lost 0.2% against the dollar after the surprise results of the Asian country's parliamentary election, held on Sunday, showed that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...

EUR/USD logged its best day in five months as U.S. GDP overshadowed the European Central Bank’s monetary policy announcement. According to the latest report, the U.S. economy grew by only 2% in...

Buckle (NYSE:BKE) your seat belts because the next 24 hours will be busy for the foreign exchange market.  There are two monetary policy announcements, German labor market and inflation...

Of the three monetary policy announcements this week, the Bank of Canada’s is the most important. Back in April, the Bank of Canada set the ball rolling by becoming the first major central...

Stronger than expected earnings drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average to record highs. Despite Delta variant fears, rising prices and supply-chain shortage, bulge bracket U.S. companies are thriving....

U.S. stocks extended their gains on Tuesday, and the improvement in risk appetite drove investors out of safe-haven currencies into riskier ones, which explains why the U.S. dollar ended the day lower...

As one of the world's top energy importers, Japan finds itself in a vicious cycle. As energy prices rally, more yen are required to pay for energy imports. Then, as the Japanese currency devalues,...

The euro hit a year-to-date low against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday after quietly trending lower for the past five weeks. Economic performance and monetary policy direction are the two most...

This will be another busy week for the foreign exchange market. Inflation and spending – two of the most important elements of Federal Reserve policy, will be in focus. With USD/JPY climbing to...

The dollar is on the rise after Friday’s weak US jobs report which traders think will keep the Federal Reserve’s tapering on course. The report showed the smallest increase in employment...

Non-farm payrolls are scheduled for release Friday and investors are looking forward to a strong report. Job growth is expected to top 500,000, with the unemployment rate falling to at least...

October is traditionally a volatile month in the financial markets, and we got a taste of those big swings today with risk appetite reversing suddenly. When U.S. traders arrived at their desks,...