There is so much upheaval in the markets, with the US dollar hitting multi-year/decades low against other currencies such as the Euro, the British Pound, Aussie dollar..
The almost bare slate of economic data has kept the forex market quite
still and peaceful today. Yesterday stock markets, especially those in
Asia, suffered quite a steep decline...
EUR/USD tried its luck above 1.3600 and hit another high at 1.3620
during the Asian session, but heavy selling pressure has pushed the
pair below it again. Elsewhere, the US dollar is being battered, but...
False breakouts occurred today in Cable (GBP/USD) and EUR/USD when
forex traders tried pushing these two pairs past major technical
levels. The US dollar looks quite destined for a medium to long - term weakening....
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Today's spotlight in the forex market has been the British Pound, which
has rallied fervently after the release of UK inflation data. UK
consumer price index was higher than expected at....
There is hardly any response to the usually heavyweight US data such as
retail sales and TICS (Treasury International Capital Flows). TICS data
showed that foreign demand for US securities fell in...
Just a few days ago, yen-carry trades have been intensifying (Eg,
EUR/JPY reaching record highs etc), but since yesterday, everyone's
panicking again because they fear Japanese officials..
The Euro hit 1.3500 (expected resistance "1.3480-1.3500") - an important psychological level - for the first time in 27 months after European Central Bank President Trichet's comments highlighted...
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Carry traders should feel some reassurance from the International
Monetary Fund (IMF). Research director Simon Johnson said that Japanese interest rates should remain low...