Currency Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The relentless selling of U.S. dollars after Wednesday’s FOMC announcement took USD/JPY into intervention territory and...

Earlier this week, we wrote a piece on the AUD/USD highlighting the potential for a pullback after China's industrial production growth eased more than expected. With China being Australia’s...

Market OverviewNever underestimate the power of the Fed to impact the markets. The doves are clearly winning the argument resulting in yesterday’s dovish announcement, which dragged the Fed back...

The dollar was the main driver of the price action over the past 24 hours as traders were focused on the Fed and their monetary policy meeting that proved to be very important for the US currency. The...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. dollar traded sharply lower against all of the major currencies after the Federal Reserve left interest rates...

It is going to be a big day for UK assets, with the budget due for release shortly after this morning’s slightly stronger-than-expected jobs and wages data. Although Chancellor George Osborne is...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. With less than 24 hours to go before the FOMC announcement, we’ve seen very little consistency in the performance of the...

Political uncertainty ahead of Britain's European Union (EU) referendum is showing up in the form of nervous investors and a weakening sterling. Meanwhile, the Bank of England's monetary divergence...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The moves that we saw in the Monday's forex market gave investors a taste of the volatility to come this week. The euro, British...

First, about last week’s forecast: - the forecast for EUR/USD was unfolding more or less according to plan till the middle of Thursday – the pair first went down, then rebounded, set two...

After last week’s ECB-inspired volatility, the financial markets are calmer today. But this could be the calm before the storm as more central bank meetings are scheduled for this week,...

General market themeOn Friday volatility in the money markets remained elevated on the back of the ECB meeting that really jolted the markets and as we move forward and start this new week we expect...