Cushion for Euro
The euro is at the upper end of the 1.05-1.10 trading range that has been in place for much of the past eighteen months.
The euro is at the upper end of the 1.05-1.10 trading range that has been in place for much of the past eighteen months.
It seems that there are two opposing views about the yen-funded carry trade that underwent such huge turmoil earlier this month.
So far, financial markets have retained the faith in the US dollar, even though it seems that US policymakers have undermined this faith with things like protectionism....
It finally looks as if the Fed will come to the rate-cut party currently being enjoyed by most developed nations. It is only the Bank of Japan that is acting as the...
If the yen-funded carry trade stays out of fashion for a while, what other currencies could take its place?
It seems to make sense to ask how the markets will react if Harris emerges as victor on November 5th.
Many financial asset prices have recovered after the battering late last week and early this week. Will the slump in things like stocks and dollar/yen continue to fade...
Euro/US dollar has hardly left the extremely narrow 1.05-1.10 range since early 2023.
Hundreds of billions of dollars in cryptocurrencies are estimated to have flowed into Vietnam over the past year; however, the lack of a legal framework monitoring this...
Although Vietnam are exposed to many export opportunities in potential market for Halal products (products for Muslims) in the Middle East, especially agricultural...
Politics and monetary policy continue to dominate FX market sentiment and this is unlikely to change in the short-term.
US presidential hopeful Donald Trump repeated his dislike for the strong US dollar in a recent interview.
The question now is whether financial market players should gear up for a dollar rally to begin should Trump win in November 2024.
A Mr. Joe Biden’s withdrawal would be a seismic shock, the initial response, at least, might be limited.
The yen continued to slump with 38-year lows against the US dollar now in place. Even more worrying is the fact that at least one factor that should have enabled the yen...
There seem to be a number of factors, that have clear historical precedent, that could squeeze the dollar much higher, even if only temporarily. Most of these factors...
Politics dominates given two elections in Europe this week and the continued fallout from President Biden’s poor performance in last week’s presidential debate.
A left-leaning but stable government, or a right-of-centre government that is inherently unstable? We could be about to find out in the UK as the electorate is likely to...
Politics is usurping economics when it comes to financial market volatility and may do so for some time.
The aging population and the unique characteristics of the older cohort in Vietnam are golden opportunities for the country to develop a silver economy.
The Standard Bank expected the yen’s recovery would remain slow and possibly require more FX intervention.
For while one outcome – a win for incumbent Biden – may keep the US dollar subdued, the other outcome, of a victory for former president Trump, threatens to upend any...