Tag Archives: USD
Weekly CFTC Trader Positioning Data
• This week there was a surge in bearish EUR sentiment while most other position changes paled in comparison.
USD Mid-day Analysis
The September Dollar forged another lower low overnight and in the process the Greenback reacheddown to the lowest level since June 14th.
Daily FX Wrap and Strategy
The NZD/USD sits 1.6% higher than 24-hours ago, at0.8680 this morning. It was the best performing currencyby a large margin, after the RBNZ’s meeting yesterday.
USD Mid-day Analysis
The Dollar is somewhat off balance this morning because of fairly decent Euro zone industrial outputfigures provides some pause to would-be Dollar buyers.
USD Mid-day Analysis
While the Dollar managed another higher high for the move, overnight the market was unable to holdall of the initial gains today.
The Global Macro Pulse
With the exception of the 0.3% rise in the Nikkei, most Asian equity markets have softened today and S&P futures are down slightly.
USD Mid-day Analysis
The Dollar has continued to rise overnight despite strong UK output figures and a rather thin release ofUS data yesterday.
USD Mid-day Analysis
The Dollar is slightly higher this morning in the wake of a generally positive reception to last Friday’spayroll results, lackluster Chinese commodity import data and
RMB policy shifting to neutral
After four months of turmoil in the RMB complex, FX policy seems to be transitioning to a more neutral stance.
FX: party on
ECB won’t kill EUR, as capital flow to resume. The USD staged a sharp reversal down last week, and wage growth stuck at 2% suggests – no Fed funds repricing imminent yet, but…
The Week Ahead in FX
In the week ahead, investors will be looking ahead to Thursday’s U.S. retail sales report for further indications on the strength of the U.S. recovery.
Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary
U.S. Review No Spring Swoon Going into June • Payrolls added 217,000 workers in May, recouping all of the jobs lost during the recession, while the unemployment rate remained at 6.3 percent.