Market Analysis

2013-05-08 07:00 GMT What Equity Rally Says About Currencies Over the past week, all of the action has been in equities. U.S. stocks powered to new record highs while currencies consolidated quietly. The U.S. dollar weakened against the euro and Japanese Yen and strengthened against the British pound, Swiss Franc, Australian and New Zealand dollars. […]

2013-05-07 07:00 GMT A quiet week of economic data could keep EUR/USD range bound The EUR/USD closed the day down 41 pips at 1.3072. The pair is still searching for direction and given the upcoming week is much more quiet as far as economic releases are concerned the trading range nature of the pair could

2013-05-06 07:00 GMT EUR/USD still searching for direction after busy week of economic data After what was an extremely busy week of economic releases and central bank monetary policy meetings, the EUR/USD finished the week up 87 pips at 1.3116. The price action remains extremely choppy with neither side being able to sustain any follow

2013-04-25 05:00 GMT Enrico Letta named Italian PM Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, who was reelected to the post last weekend, has given the mandate to form a government to center-left deputy leader Enrico Letta on Wednesday.After accepting the nomination the new Italian Prime Minister said that he would form "a government of service to the

2013-04-22 03:52 GMT Japan escapes censure on the G-20 meeting he G-20 communiqué provied little fresh headlines to market participants, with the main take away on FX-relate news being the permissive stance towards Japan's monetary policies to beat deflation. The G20 communiqué is basically echoing the same position by the G7 back in February. As

2013-04-18 05:50 GMT Weidmann opens the door to an ECB rate cut and foresees a lost decade in Europe Jens Weidmann, the Bundesbank’s president, has affirmed that the European Central Bank could cut its interest rates if economic data continues worsening, according to an interview published by WSJ. Market has been speculating about the possibilities

2013-04-17 05:45 GMT IMF cuts global growth for fourth consecutive time, European recession likelihood 50% International Monetary Fund (IMF) trimmed its global growth forecast and urged European policy makers to use “aggressive” monetary policy as a second year of contraction leaves the euro area’s recovery lagging behind the rest of the world. The global economy

2013-04-16 03:28 GMT Portugal unveils new austerity measures to appease the Troika Troika inspectors arrived in Lisbon on Monday in order to carry out the seventh review of the country’s bailout program, since it had received 78 billion euros of aid in 2011. Portugal had to come up with new austerity measures to meet the