The US Dollar rallied again overnight after hawkish comments from Boston Fed President Susan Collins highlighting that interest rates will need to be lifted and the extent of the rises will be data dependent. Better-than-expected jobless claims also buoyed the mood before Raphael Bostic from...Read More
The Japanese Yen has been steady so far this week in a period where the US Dollar has broadly weakened against most G-10 peers. The lack of strength in the Yen might be reflecting the perception that the incoming Governor of the Bank of Japan...Read More
The Australian Dollar sunk below 67 cents after 4Q quarter-on-quarter GDP came in at 0.5% rather than the 0.8% forecast and against the previous 0.7% that was revised up from 0.6%. The currency recovered later in the day on solid Chinese data. Annual GDP to...Read More
The Australian Dollar has consolidated through the early part of this week after tumbling over 2% last week. That move was triggered by the US Dollar roaring higher on perceptions of a more hawkish Federal Reserve. Domestic data released today reveal the underlying strength of...Read More
Global market sentiment deteriorated this past week, setting traders up for volatility moving forward. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fell 2.61%, 2.94%, and 3.89%, respectively. Across the Atlantic, the FTSE 100 and DAX 40 sank 1.57% and 1.76%, respectively....Read More
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