Currency Analysis & Comment

Non-farm payrolls are scheduled for release Friday and investors are looking forward to a strong report. Job growth is expected to top 500,000, with the unemployment rate falling to at least...

October is traditionally a volatile month in the financial markets, and we got a taste of those big swings today with risk appetite reversing suddenly. When U.S. traders arrived at their desks,...

Investors kicked off this busy trading week with concerns about how central bank policy will shift in a broader recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 300 points and, while these...

Equities and currencies kicked off the fourth quarter with a robust recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 300 points, while the U.S. dollar sold off across the board as safe-haven...

The US dollar soared yesterday, hitting a one year high. The greenback's rise was powered by two tiggers—rising expectations of a decrease in the Federal Reserve’s bond purchases and fears...

The US dollar traded sharply higher against all of the major currencies on Tuesday as Treasury yields surged and stocks plummeted. With several factors driving investors out of risk assets, FX...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com.It has been a busy week for central banks, with the overall message being that the global economy is continuing to recover and that we are...

The Bank of England meets today at noon local time, 7AM EDT, for its next policy decision. Expectations are that the UK central bank will keep interest rates at 0.10%.However, that's not what...

There are only three more Federal Reserve monetary policy announcements before the end of the year. If Fed Chairman Jerome Powell wants to give the market ample time to prepare for tapering asset...

This is one of the busiest trading weeks of the year, and for this very reason, volatility in the stock market as measured by the CBOE Volatility Index rose to its highest level in four...

Inflation is cooling in the U.S. and the evidence sent the greenback tumbling against all of the major currencies. Consumer prices grew 0.3% in the month of August, down from 0.5% in...

September is a busy month. For investors, asset price movements will be determined by central bank rate decisions, employment reports and elections.  There are no monetary policy announcements...

The European Central Bank has a monetary policy announcement on Thursday, and many investors are wondering if the euro will fall to the same fate as the Canadian and Australian dollars. Both...

Central bank meetings are creating more pain than gain for currencies this week. The Australian dollar shot higher immediately after the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy announcement but U-turned...