Forex Analysis

USD/JPY Analysis

The pair opened at Y101.90 this morning while euro-yen started at Y141.70. Early moves were muted with dollar-yen easing to Y101.84.

GBP/USD Analysis

The pair closed in NY Wednesday at $1.6955 as rate continued to slowly give back Tuesday’s gains, the rate reversing away from Tuesday highs of $1.6997 through Wednesday to a session low of $1.6952.

EUR Mid-day Analysis

The Euro reached a rather expensive level on the charts yesterday and is showing some retrenchmentaction in the early going today.

CHF Mid-day Analysis

Like the Euro, the Swiss became short term overbought from a technical and fundamental perspective. Infact, slack German data overnight, fresh eastern Ukraine referendum talk and

JPY Mid-day Analysis

A fresh upside breakout on the charts in the Yen overnight was made possible by ongoing ideas that theJapanese sales tax hike hasn’t held back growth as much as was feared.

USD Mid-day Analysis

While the Dollar is showing some minimal recovery action this morning the action appears to be mostlytechnical in nature.

CAD Mid-day Analysis

While a portion of the sharp Canadian Dollar rise this month was the result of massiveweakness in the Dollar, a Canadian trade surplus, a relatively high Purchasing Managers Index result and

GBP Mid-day Analysis

While the Pound has the fundamental capacity to continue to rise on its charts, it is short termoverbought and in need of a modest corrective balancing move.

Central European Daily

Forex and fixed-income markets in Central Europe remained calm yesterdaydespite ongoing deadly clashes in eastern Ukraine.

Euro Strength & Dollar Weakness: The Missing Link

Everybody seems to be searching for the missing link. Why is stronger US data not feeding into US rates and a stronger dollar?

EUR/USD: Upside Risk Intact If No Aggressive ECB Action On Thurs

The EUR has been in demand of late, mainly on the back of the notion that there is little risk of the ECB considering unconventional policy measures such as cutting the deposit rate negative as soon as this week.

Waiting for Yellen

The dollar had a miserable day yesterday, undermined by the fall in US rates. 10s are under 2.6% and the 1year in 5 years is testing the lows seen last October,” notes SocGen.