Currency Analysis & Opinion

Welcome to a new and crucial trading week.All eyes will be on the European Central Bank this week which is expected to begin raising interest rates this month for the first time since 2011. The...

EUR/USD pauses at parity Potential for short squeeze rally Will ECB deliver a surprise 50bps hike?  The EUR/USD has been in focus this week as it descended towards parity before breaking it and...

The Bank of Canada shocked investors Wednesday, raising interest rates by 100bp, the largest single-month increase for the central bank in 24 years. Going into the meeting, investors anticipated a big...

The global tightening cycle continues in the next 24 hours with two central banks prepared to raise interest rates. In the Asia session, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand is widely expected to...

With the EUR/USD now on its sixth consecutive down day and just over 1 cent above the key 1.00 handle, it is clearly one of the important charts to watch today as it gets ever closer to...

The major currency pair is starting a new trading week neutrally not far from 1.0430. EUR/USD remains weak. The risk of recession in many global economies is becoming more and more noticeable,...

The dollar extended a decline from a 20-year high, on lower than anticipated US economic data releases. The greenback slid on Friday after US consumer morale hit an all-time low, as measured by the...

The major currency pair is rather neutral early in the week – the asset is trading at 1.0567.EUR/USD is barely moving – all comments left by the US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell last week...

By raising interest rates 75bp to 1.75% at its June monetary policy meeting, the Federal Reserve is telling us it is willing to risk recession for inflation. Not only did the central bank raise...

Both the U.K. and Eurozone are facing economic challenges, albeit differing ones. However, we expect the euro to outperform the pound sterling.Here are a few fundamentals to consider. First, Brexit...

With the Federal Reserve expected to raise interest rates for the third time this year, the U.S. dollar is hovering near multi-year and, in the case of USD/JPY, multi-decade highs. The greenback...

The rising U.S. dollar has eased a bit today as bargain hunters seem to be returning to risk assets. US index futures contracts on Tuesday were all trading higher after Monday's tumble.The USD has...

Friday's US CPI print showed an unexpected YoY jump to 8.6% in May, extending April's 8.3% consumer price inflation rise. The accelerating increase in prices is pushing the Federal Reserve into the...

Welcome to a new trading and central bank rate-hike week.After an unexpectedly higher U.S. inflation reading last Friday, chances for a 75bp Federal Reserve rate hike at the upcoming FOMC meetings are...