Currency Analysis & Opinion

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...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.On the surface, it appears to have been a great week for the US dollar with EUR/USD peaking below 1.13 and USD/JPY climbing from...

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...

The tide is turning: central banks are finally in the process of ending their extraordinary loose monetary policy stances that had been originally established in response to the global financial...

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 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%...

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...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25bp Wednesday and Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s optimism plus hawkishness caught...

The GBP/USD started the day how it ended yesterday: higher. Speculators were still felling bullish after the stronger UK inflation figures had raised the prospects that the Bank of England may turn...

The index of economic sentiment in the eurozone in May came out yesterday with an increase (37.7 against the forecast of 37.2 and 35.1 in April), which indicates an improvement in investor sentiment...

The USD/CAD has taken a sharp drop over the past couple of days. For once, the sharp move hasn’t been because of crude oil. Instead, it was driven by comments made by Bank of Canada officials,...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.On the eve of the Federal Reserve’s quarterly monetary policy announcement, no one is buying U.S. dollars. The greenback...