Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Risk appetite generally returned, pushing commodity currencies higher and the safe-haven CHF and USD lower. After trading through parity…
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Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap The US news on Friday was what’s called a “Goldilocks” scenario: not too hot, not too cold, but just…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap What do you have to do to get any respect around here? The Bank of Canada shocked markets Wednesday…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Rising inflation and expectations of more hawkish central bank response were the two themes moving the market yesterday. First,…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap The RBNZ hiked rates 50 bps as expected and promised more. It kept a hawkish stance in the statement…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Financial markets were dominated by “risk-off” sentiment yesterday but without a clear catalyst. One can point to many factors.…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap JPY is clearly the dominant story this morning. The currency plunged on news that Japan’s ruling coalition – the…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Well, it’s bye-bye Boris! I had expected that his departure would cause some near-term uncertainty and thereby cause the…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT I just want to point out though that more than 40 senior UK officials resigned yesterday, following Chancellor of the Exchequer…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Dramatic moves in the FX market! JPY pairs saw 3-standard-deviation (SD) moves, with EUR/JPY moving 4 SDs. EUR/USD saw…