The comments by Fed Chair Powell last week and those of other Fed members tend to suggest that the bank wants to reduce the size of rate hikes starting next month but...
In a year where US inflation will drop sharply and the Fed will start to discuss rate reduction, how will the US dollar trade?
The US dollar may have endured a torrid time last week but it would be premature to conclude that the uptrend is over.
The US dollar fell sharply last week. It followed a sub-consensus US CPI print but, in truth, the US dollar was already on the backfoot. The question for many will be...
The Republican Party might not have had the bumper election results that former President Trump might have hoped to launch his re-election bid, but it still seems likely...
Over a number of years, we have talked about the “presidential cycle” for the dollar.
There have been some tentative signs of a turn for the dollar as hopes of less aggressive monetary tightening begin to rise and asset prices, such as stocks, make a...
The current strength of the US dollar is causing a lot of instability in currencies of several countries across the globe.
The British pound's value versus the US dollar hit an all-time low. Many people thought that the sterling crisis of the 1970s would recur.
There’s no sign of a let-up in US dollar strength although a large ECB rate hike this week might give the euro bulls some hope.
The last time the world was gripped by an energy price crisis and the Fed was hiking rates aggressively was in the early 1980s. Back then, the dollar surged by 50% in...
After a period of relative stability through the summer months, it looks as if volatility is returning again. The dollar and other “safe” currencies will probably be the...
There has been such a strong narrative to financial markets this year that it seems positioning has become quite extreme.
The dollar remains strong and, when trying to explain this, a lot of focus is put on monetary policy and rate differentials, as if relatively high US rates suck capital...
To combat inflation, the Fed raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage point for the second time in a row.
The dollar has recently risen to the target levels that we’ve held for some months, such as parity against the euro.
The US dollar has been rising sharply and that’s exacerbating already high global inflation as costs rise for dollar-invoiced imports while increasing debt costs...
US CPI inflation might be similar to levels in the euro zone or the UK, but there’s little doubt from the recent spate of policy meetings that it will go harder and...
Last week, we spoke about whether there is a case to be made for intervention now, or in the future, to weaken the dollar.
Political and economic changes across the globe are beginning to challenge the dominant world currency and are now posing a threat to the once pivotal role of the US...
“Weaponising” the US dollar is seen as one of the most effective tools the West has to put economic pressure on Russia, even though the country has significantly...
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has created the possibility of the US Federal Reserve (FED) to raise interest rates and for the US dollar to rise in the global...
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