Dollar Weakening After Yellen Stresses Need For Caution The dollar is losing ground against all of its major rivals Tuesday afternoon. The U.S. currency began to weaken after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's highly anticipated speech to the Economic Club of New York this afternoon...
CNY: Tail-sizing – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, tries to answer the question that how large was the tail on Chinese growth and FX now. Key Quotes “Some suggested China was not the main tail risk for markets anymore, rather it was Europe (refugee crisis, Brexit, terrorism...
EUR/JPY: Bulls Eyeing March 11 High Offered tone around Yen continues to gather pace, with EUR/JPY cross looking poised to test key technical hurdle of 127.29 (Mar 11 high). European stocks rally, weigh over EUR The cross appears to have lost steam as it approached 127...
Yen on Worst Losing Run Since 2012 Against Dollar Yen is on its worst losing stretch against Dollar, since 2012. Over past eight trading session, it has depreciated against Dollar by about 2%. Last time Yen lost that much is when, in 2012 Yen declined about 2...
Dollar Attempting A Comeback From Early Weakness The dollar dropped against its major European competitors Monday morning, but has begun to pare those losses this afternoon. Markets in Europe are closed today for the Easter holiday and U.S. economic data was largely positive this morning...
USD/CAD Trims Losses as Oil Drops Oil benchmarks surrendered gains, helping the USD/CAD recover from the session low of 1.3229 to trade around 1.3250 levels. Eyes US data The immediate focus now is on the US data, which is expected to show personal spending and income growth slowed in February...
USD Seen Picking Up Pace – BBH In the opinion of analysts at BBH, the greenback is expected to gather further traction in the next periods. Key Quotes “One of technical factor that emerged last week was the beginning of the correction of the dollar's losses”...
EUR/USD Wobbles Near 1.1170, US Data Eyed The common currency is looking to extend the rebound from overnight troughs vs. the dollar, now sending EUR/USD to the 1.1165/70 band...
USD Underpinned by Renewed FED Hike Expectations The Dollar index recovered to 96.142 last Friday from its low of 94.578 on 18 Mar, due to renewed Fed hike expectations...
Currency Wars Have Proven Futile in the Post-Crisis Era – Deutsche Bank Gautam Kalani, Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank argues that currency wars have proven futile in the post-crisis era...
CAD: Outperforming Loony – SocGen Alvin T. Tan, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that the Canadian dollar has been among the top performers year-to-date and the chief driver of that performance is the rally in crude oil prices coupled with the improvement in risk sentiment lately...
Sterling Takes a Pounding – SocGen Alvin T. Tan, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that the Sterling has been the G10 laggard this quarter amid mounting Brexit risks and the downward pressure is likely to intensify as we get closer to the referendum date in late June...
USD/JPY: Expect BoJ to Cut by 20bp in April – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, notes that the Japanese GDP contracted 0.3% q/q in Q4 15, and they see a high risk of a technical recession in Q4-Q1 with yet another negative growth rate in Q1. Key Quotes “Inflation printed at 0...
Forex - Yen Weaker after CPI Comes in Flat for February Investing.com - The yen traded weaker in Asia on Friday with some markets closed to mark Good Friday in a thin trading day. USD/JPY changed hands at 113.06, up 0.14%, while AUD/USD eased 0.04% to 0.7526...
Pairs to be Avoided are... - Deutsche Oliver Harvey, analyst at Deutsche Bank explained that the lack of trendiness persists in G10 with an average VHF standing at the 21st percentile. EUR/USD tops the technical scorecard in G10 space...
Slumping commodity prices have taken African currencies down with them, exposing the fundamental economic frailties of the world's poorest continent by driving up inflation in countries that import most of their manufactured goods...
Euro Declines Against Majors The euro drifted lower against its major counterparts in early New York deals on Thursday, as continued sell-off in commodities sapped demand for riskier assets, while a decline in Eurozone bond yields weighed...
USD/CAD Challenges Highs Near 1.33, Oil Plummets The greenback remains on a firmer footing vs. its Canadian neighbour on Thursday, now lifting USD/CAD to fresh peaks in the 1.3280/85 band...
EUR/USD Muted Post-US PMI, Around 1.1160 Nothing new around EUR/USD following today’s Services PMI in the US economy, keeping the negative ground in the 1.1160/50 band so far. EUR/USD now looks to US Q4 GDP The pair kept the composure after flash US Services PMI has returned above the 50...
