Currency Analysis & Opinion

Market OverviewThe dollar has just dropped away a touch in the wake of the announcement of both the Republican tax reform bill but also Donald Trump’s pick of Powell for the next Fed chair. Tax...

For obvious reasons, Friday’s main focus will be on the US nonfarm payrolls report. As a result, jobs data from the other North American nation, which will be released at the same time, will be...

On Friday, the official US jobs data for October will be reported, and expectations for a sharp bounce-back from September’s weather-related negative reading are high. Last month, data for...

The reason why we are predicting a stronger than expected number for October is because of the following (crude) tweaks that we have made to this month’s model:We removed September’s...

Richard Perry appeared on Core Finance discussing dollar moves and sterling with host Matthew Brown. The interview was cut into three segments with the first looking at analysis of EUR/USD which looks...

Earlier today, I took part in a Core Finance TV broadcast covering forex majors, minors, EM currencies, and bitcoin as it reached $7,000 for the first time on the news that CME will list Bitcoin...

A dovish rate hike from the Bank of England on Thursday has triggered a sell-off in the pound while yields on UK debt have also fallen. We may be jumping to the wrong conclusions prior to the press...

So, the pound has taken a hit post the BoE rate decision, although the MPC voted by a higher margin to hike rates, 7-2 instead of the mooted 6-3, the Bank has made it clear that it is likely to be one...

Forex Daily Technical Overview 2nd Nov 2017EUR/USD Intraday: continuation of the reboundPivot: 1.1625 Our preference: long positions above 1.1625 with targets at 1.1690 and 1.1720 in...

Market OverviewThe dollar is feeling the strain as Treasury yields drop back ahead of some huge fundamental events today. The FOMC came and went, almost in the blink of an eye. With December massively...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The U.S. dollar ended the day higher against all of the major currencies despite a relatively subdued reaction to the Federal...

Though markets are not at all expecting the US Federal Reserve to make any substantive changes to monetary policy this afternoon when the FOMC meeting concludes, the general expectation is that the...

Today, the FOMC rate decision will take center stage and the forecast is for no change in policy. The consensus is supported by market pricing as well, with the implied probability for a hike at this...

Switzerland Manufacturing PMI came in at 62.0 from 61.7 and 0.7 higher than expectations. This continued a strong trend of economic improvement in manufacturing reaching the highest level since 2011....