Currency Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.It has been a fairly slow start to a busy week in the foreign-exchange market. Monday's U.S. dollar traded higher against all of...

Last week saw four major central banks announce their policy decisions. Among them, the Bank of Japan remained quite dovish while the US Federal Reserve and Bank of England leaned surprisingly more...

Last Sunday, the results of the election of deputies of the National Assembly of France were summed up. Observers noted a record low voter turnout. Despite the fact that the Macron party received an...

The pound has started its bullish recovery after hitting the critical bottom at 1.18793 during the Brexit event. From that point, the pair has managed to rally higher for 7 consecutive months and is...

First, a review of last week’s forecastt had been clear that the main moves for EUR/USD would begin on Wednesday 14 June, when the US Federal Reserve would officially announce a rate increase....

It has been another rocky week for sterling exchange rates, with inflation on the rise and the UK still politically unstable, what happens next remains unclear.Current UK PM, Theresa May is still yet...

The Bank of Japan rounded off a busy week for central banks earlier today. It struck a more optimistic tone on the outlook for the Japanese economy as it kept its monetary policy unchanged. The bank...

After a massive strengthening amid the outcome of the Fed meeting, the dollar is losing ground in the foreign exchange market, except for the pair USD/JPY. As you know, the Bank of Japan did not begin...

Well, that was unexpected. At a time when the UK economy is showing signs of slowing down, with the UK consumer showing signs of reining in its spending as inflation eats in to disposable incomes, the...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee is almost certain to keep interest rates unchanged today despite inflation rising well above its 2% target.It will be interesting to see if there...

The market will be waiting today for BoE amid the current political tensions in UK which is watching rising of the inflationary pressure but with lower GDP growth rate.The MPC decision is expected to...

Market OverviewThe dollar has found support after the Fed meeting, but is it a move that is likely to continue? The FOMC hiked rates as expected by 25 basis points to a Fed Funds target range of 1.00%...

After the weak data on inflation in the US for May reached the beginning of the US session on Wednesday, the dollar fell in the foreign exchange market. However, then, as it became known about the Fed...

While most central banks are or close to dropping their dovish policy stances, the Swiss National Bank is likely to buck that trend for a while yet as it seeks to devalue its currency. The SNB is...