There are two huge forces competing with each other when it comes to the US dollar right now, and its outlook for some years to come.
Many experts believe that the US government shutdown will continue to have a strong impact on gold prices next week.
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has decided to cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points, lowering its policy rate to 4–4.25%. Economists view this as a...
The US August Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index will be one of the primary measures used to confirm the Fed's easing stance. Thus, PCE is anticipated to have...
Unless price data perks up quickly, many analysts say that the Fed’s next few rate cuts will be mostly uncontroversial.
Major G10 currencies do not seem to be particularly attractive right now and that’s opening the door for the more minor G10 currencies, the renminbi, and other emerging...
Many analysts anticipate that the US dollar will undergo a second period of notable weakness in coming months. It might not be as dramatic as that seen this spring but...
With euro zone inflation seemingly stable at the 2% target and the main policy rate also at 2%, if not most, ECB members seem to think that policy is in a pretty neutral...
Sometimes important announcements produce significant and instantaneous reactions in currencies. Be they about data, policy – central bank sackings. But sometimes they...
At Jackson Hole, Fed Chair Powell signaled a possible interest rate cut at the U.S. central bank's meeting next month.
According to many analysts, the gold price is unlikely to rise sharply next week after the Jackson Hole Symposium because investors remain cautious.
Many analysts are pretty sure that Fed Chair Powell won’t say this at Friday’s Jackson Hole symposium that the Fed has been put in an impossible position by politics....
The US tariffs’ impact on eurozone growth could be bigger than the models might suggest that inflation will be lower, and that the ECB will be pushed into at least one...
G10 currency volatility remains at very low levels but many analysts expect volatility to pick up as we go through the rest of the year.
Many analysts expect the Bank of England (BoE) to cut the base rate by 25 bps today. They would like to see more. But more should come in time as they see the Bank...
Short-term deposit interest rates, with a slight upward trend, may be reined in to remain stable in the near future, amid continued capital flows pushing liquidity into...
Even if some of the uncertainty related to the US’s erratic tariff policy starts to ease off, there are still the economic impacts of tariffs to consider and, these are...
The tariff-related vulnerability of the US dollar switches to a vulnerability borne of Federal Reserve policy. As a result, the US dollar could fall with euro/US dollar...
If interest rates have any bearing at all on currencies, it is in real (inflation-adjusted) terms, not nominal terms. So, the fact that the Fed looks as if it will cut...
Federal Reserve Chair Powell continues to come under attack from President Trump and it does seem to have started unnerving the markets a bit. But what can the...
The pound remains under modest pressure on a trade-weighted basis after marking out a recent high back in late May. The Standard Bank lowered its expectations for...
According to economists Brian Lee Shun Rong and Chua Hak Bin from Maybank Group, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has maintained accommodative policy through the first...
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