Currency Analysis & Opinion

With the Bank of Japan being the last major central bank decision left for this year and the last important macro releases of the year to come this week, the USD/JPY is the featured currency pair of...

The US Fed's signal of potential rate cuts next year weakened the US dollar, which closed the week in the 102 band. Despite the dollar's decline, expectations for a rate cut in March, currently at...

The dollar is recovering some ground after the pushback from Fed officials against rate-cut bets. However, the dovish Dot Plot may work as an anchor for rates and keep the dollar soft into the end of...

As the dust settles after a furious period for central bank meetings we are left to conclude that European policymakers have chosen to push back more than the Fed when it comes to what the market...

In a somewhat surprising move, the Fed has acknowledged recent disinflation trends and poured gasoline on the fire of easing expectations for 2024. The news has understandably been greeted by global...

The Fed decision is set to test market expectations of 125 basis point rate cuts in 2024, producing potential trading opportunities on GBP/USD or USD/JPY. The rate decision is a formality but the Fed...

SNB’s final monetary policy meeting of the year - Will it surprise market participants again?The Swiss National Bank is due to meet to discuss and set Monetary Policy again for the last time in...

The US dollar bounced back, ending a three-week decline, thanks to strong employment data and interest rate projections. Key economic indicators and central bank meetings, including the Fed, ECB, and...

The big yen rally has been exacerbated by positioning factors, but markets may keep speculating on a BoJ December hike unless Japanese officials protest against hawkish bets before the meeting. A...

Next week, the GBP/USD faces a major test with key data releases and interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve and Bank of England. Meanwhile, the US Dollar Index is fluctuating, with this...

Ahead of tomorrow's US jobs data release, the short-term highlight in the FX market is the continued outperformance of the yen. This has nothing to do with a risk-averse environment (asset markets are...

The EUR/USD faces a key test in the next week and a half. We will have lots of key data and rate decisions from both the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank to come during this period. Ahead of...

The dollar has shown resilience after disappointing JOLTS job openings data yesterday, leaving EUR/USD under pressure as the euro’s idiosyncratic negatives fuel bearish momentum. Today, the Bank...

Markets have scaled back some dovish bets on the Fed at the start of this week, perhaps starting to position more cautiously ahead of a Fed pushback and key data releases. Today, JOLTS and ISM...