Currency Analysis & Opinion

The June 23 referendum on whether the UK should remain in the European Union may still be more than two months away, but investors are evidently continuing to hedge their exposures and largely...

After Friday’s payroll figures we are likely to be looking ahead to a week where very little has changed and markets are still dominated by the will they won’t they nature of the central...

The USD/JPY fell for a time below the psychological level of 110 this afternoon before bouncing back to trade around 110.30 at the time of this writing. The selling was triggered in part by dollar...

FOMC minutes releaseGeneral market themeCurrency markets remained in the same tune yesterday as we saw limited price action and volatility in the major instruments we monitor in our report....

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. USD/JPY fell to a 6-month low Tuesday taking out 110 in the process. The currency pair has been under pressure for the past...

Monday’s North American session has been a fairly quite one for FX due to the lack of any significant data from the US, although the disappointing factory orders print (-1.7% m/m drop) has...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.We have a very busy economic calendar this week filled with market-moving events that range from tier-1 economic reports, a...

General market themeOn Friday everyone’s attention was focused on the release of the Non-Farm Payrolls report as investors needed confirmation on the bearish views expressed by Janet Yellen...

This month’s jobs report was always going to be a tough one to predict – are they ever easy? But on this occasion it was extremely difficult because the nonfarm payrolls data was released...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The March nonfarm payrolls report was good -- but not good enough to renew demand for U.S. dollars. Nonfarm payrolls rose 215K,...

General market themePrice action in the major instruments we are monitoring in our daily report was limited yesterday as investors preferred to remain cautious ahead of today’s Non-Farm Payroll...

Earlier I gave an interview on the FX markets, covering AUD, INR and BRL, plus some banter on general market conditions, U.S. elections and Brexit.See video below: "Disclaimer:ADM Investor Services...

There is a widespread and growing feeling that financial markets are slipping towards another crisis of some sort. In this article I argue that we are in the eye of a financial storm, that it will...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. dollar is trading steady-to-lower against most of the major currencies ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls...