Currency Analysis & Comment

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com.There is little doubt which currency has been the king of foreign exchange market this week. The US dollar got a big boost after that...

Risk appetite soured today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed lower for the first time in nine trading days. The simultaneous decline in currencies and Treasury yields confirms our view that...

The Federal Reserve has made it official. Starting later this month, it will reduce its monthly bond purchases by $15 billion ($10 billion Treasuries, $5 billion mortgage-backed securities). By...

For the first time since the pandemic began, the Federal Reserve will reduce the stimulus it has been providing. Given the significance of this move and what it means for the central bank’s...

Earlier this morning, the Japanese yen lost 0.2% against the dollar after the surprise results of the Asian country's parliamentary election, held on Sunday, showed that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...

EUR/USD logged its best day in five months as U.S. GDP overshadowed the European Central Bank’s monetary policy announcement. According to the latest report, the U.S. economy grew by only 2% in...

Of the three monetary policy announcements this week, the Bank of Canada’s is the most important. Back in April, the Bank of Canada set the ball rolling by becoming the first major central...

Inflation and GDP reports from the U.S. and Eurozone along with three central bank monetary policy announcements makes for a busy trading week. Big tech names, like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple...

U.S. stocks extended their gains on Tuesday, and the improvement in risk appetite drove investors out of safe-haven currencies into riskier ones, which explains why the U.S. dollar ended the day lower...

Currencies and equities powered higher today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising more than 500 points. This was the strongest one-day rise for the Dow in nearly three months. Thanks to good...

As one of the world's top energy importers, Japan finds itself in a vicious cycle. As energy prices rally, more yen are required to pay for energy imports. Then, as the Japanese currency devalues,...

The euro hit a year-to-date low against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday after quietly trending lower for the past five weeks. Economic performance and monetary policy direction are the two most...

This will be another busy week for the foreign exchange market. Inflation and spending – two of the most important elements of Federal Reserve policy, will be in focus. With USD/JPY climbing to...

The dollar is on the rise after Friday’s weak US jobs report which traders think will keep the Federal Reserve’s tapering on course. The report showed the smallest increase in employment...