The US dollar's downside might be contained
The US dollar has been pressurised by the Federal Reserve’s large 50-bps rate cut last week, but the downside for the greenback is likely to be limit ed ahead of...
The US dollar has been pressurised by the Federal Reserve’s large 50-bps rate cut last week, but the downside for the greenback is likely to be limit ed ahead of...
While the Fed rate cut has no surprise, the size of the reduction was larger than expected, and the Fed’s explanation for the larger-than-anticipated rate cut was...
The Fed has cut rates and, in doing so, joins the ranks of those who can claim that policy tightening has tamed the inflation beast.
Even 50-bps rate cut today also leaves the Fed behind the curve, it can catch up with aggressive easing in the future if it needs to.
The BoJ almost certainly won’t hike rates again this week, but this need not necessarily rule out another painful carry-trade unwind.
The US dollar will presumably be sensitive to the size of the Fed rate cut this week but many analyst said investors should not overplay the role of US monetary policy...
The ECB cut rates as widely expected but President Lagarde did not tell us whether rates will be cut again as soon as the next meeting.
Commercial banks have begun announcing rate cuts to improve access to consumer loans and prevent the use of
Last week’s US payroll data was somewhat mixed but, on balance, seemed to tip the debate about 25-bps or 50-bps, for the Fed’s first rate cut on September 18th towards...
While attention is undoubtedly on the prospect for the first rate cut from the Fed later this month, the ECB could deliver its second rate cut in the cycle on Thursday.
Modest and steady rate cuts from G10 central banks, particularly the Federal Reserve (FED), are likely to keep riskier assets like equities and emerging markets well...
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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...
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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.
The FX market focuses heavily on monetary policy and interest rate differentials.
The USD/VND currency is expected to stabilize again, with a 3.5% year-to-date increase equivalent to VND25,120/USD.
As we count down to the July 31st FOMC meeting, there seem to be increasing calls for the Fed to do something.
Politics and monetary policy continue to dominate FX market sentiment and this is unlikely to change in the short-term.
For much of this year the market has assumed that FED would be amongst the most cautious of the central banks when cutting rates. But just recently the momentum has...