Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

USD/CAD has posted slight gains on Tuesday. Early in the North American session, USD/CAD is trading at 1.3576, up 0.28% on the day.Bank of Canada Survey Pessimistic With no Canadian events on Monday,...

The IMF predicts the coronavirus pandemic will force US growth to shrink to -8.0% in 2020, while the Canadian economy will contract even further, to -8.4%. Both have challenges ahead of them, but the...

Over the holiday weekend, the number of coronavirus cases in the US hit new record highs, but Monday’s rally in currencies and equities suggest that investors are unfazed by the growing health...

U.S. Employment Data MixedAll eyes were on U.S. job numbers on Thursday, and the results were a mixed bag. For a second straight month, the nonfarm payrolls release was higher than expected. The gain...

Based on the latest jobs report, the U.S. economy is doing great. Approximately 4.8 million Americans returned to work in the month of June following an increase of nearly 2.7 million in May. The...

Yesterday, we focused on the dollar. Today, we’ll focus on the euro, ahead of today's Nonfarm Payrolls report, which is being released a day early, because of the US Independence Day...

US hiring likely surged in June, after unexpectedly starting to recover in May, and as businesses prepared to reopen. However, even if momentum kept pace, will dollar investors focus on a second month...

As the second quarter draws to a close, we reflect on the gains in equities and currencies. While the COVID-19 pandemic scarred the markets at the end of the first quarter, recovery was the...

Equities consolidated on Thursday as the deluge of negative COVID-19 headlines were overshadowed by reports that U.S. regulators will relax the Volcker Rule and allow banks to increase investments...

In the last 24 hours, U.S. President Donald Trump and White House officials have been out in force, aggressively trying to talk up the markets. Stocks consolidated near their highs last week and...

The dollar could be headed for a crash and it could happen very suddenly. So says economist Stephen Roach who believes it might occur at “warp speed.”Roach, a Yale University senior fellow...

The U.S. dollar kicked off this new trading week lower against all of the major currencies. Existing home sales fell more than expected in the month of May with year-over-year sales seeing its...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com  A wild ride since March Interest rate differentials took some of the bullish wind out of the dollar’s sails Election time in the US...

Mild risk-on in EU UK Retail Sales rebound Nikkei 0.55% Dax 0.64% US 10-Year 0.72 Oil $40/bbl Gold $1728/oz BTC/USD $9329 North America OpenCAD Retail Sales 8:30 It’s been a quiet night of trade...