Francis Dogbe / Profile

•The sharp decline in equities and Yen crosses this past session had many traders' 'risk aversion' radars going off •There was little fundamental drive to spur risk deleveraging and the breadth of the move sows doubt •While I am watching NZDJPY and the pace of sentiment, I have yet to add to my U...

ver recent weeks, the EUR moved moderately higher, while the JPY accelerated sharply, with USDJPY now nearing our USDJPY 105 year-end target...

Despite a lagging US dollar in recent days and weeks that has been dragged down by dovish signals emanating from the words of Federal Reserve officials, sterling has been even weaker...

A rocky start to 2016 is taking its toll on the outlook for U.S. economic and job growth this year...

Then policy makers switched to shifting interest rates and inflation targets came into favor, remaining so today even after being blamed in some quarters for enabling the recent financial crisis...

The Federal Reserve’s last meeting minutes were released on Wednesday. The key takeaway point from the minutes was this: a lack of harmony among the FOMC policymakers. Since the Fed’s last meeting, several members have spoken, delivering mostly dovish remarks...

From stocks to developing-nation currencies, riskier assets around the world have been flashing the all-clear signal for over a month. But for investors in the world’s safest securities, nothing has changed, and that may spell trouble...

The Federal Reserve should be patient and cautious about raising short-term interest rates, but should nevertheless increase them in a sustained way, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan said on Wednesday...

About time Kuroda weighed in, its been a few hours since we've heard from him • Japan's economy continues to recover moderately as a trend despite some signs of weaknesses in exports, output • Japan's economy expected to expand moderately as a trend • Consumer inflation likely to hover around zer...

s the yen resumes its rally, many FX experts appear bemused by the yen's insistence to rally despite reported heavy foreign-bound investing by Japanese institutional players, persistent retreat in the road to 2...

That's more like it. It appears we may have a proper break on the cards now. The decent technical support isn't down until 106.60 odd. It's not been an explosive move which suggests that there's no panic hitting of the sell buttons. Large stops are noted at 109.80 so they remain in play...

Inflation in Britain has been stuck below the official target of 2% since January 2014 and even dipped into deflationary territory on three occasions over the course of 2015. The largest downward pressured has come from sharp drops in oil and food prices...

The Federal Reserve will be back in focus again on Wednesday as we get the release of the minutes from last month’s FOMC meeting and get the up-to-date views of a few policy makers...

Since it hit a new five-month low below 1.2900 late last week on the last day of March, USD/CAD has rebounded to hit a high briefly above 1.3200 resistance as of Tuesday...

NZX has received formal approval from the Financial Markets Authority and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for its proposed milk price futures and options contracts, expected to launch in May 2016...

Currency market strategists are predicting greater weakness in the U.S. dollar over the next few months, as the Federal Reserve seems to have closed the door on interest rate hikes through the spring and left the greenback alone with a destructive bedfellow: rising inflation...

The publication of the Panama Papers sent shock waves around the world. The reports by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which CNNMoney hasn't been able to independently verify, allege that top officials around the world hid wealth through secret offshore companies...

•US Dollar Technical Strategy: Short On Hold of 200-DMA As Resistance •US Dollar Sees Largest 2-Day Drop since Topping in March 2015 •US Dollar Below 1-year 3-Standard Deviation Channel Dollar Bulls, or what’s left of them, have found themselves at a definitive level...