Analysis: Currencies

European currencies in the lead

As you may have noticed, the European stock market indices are outperforming their global counterparts and first and foremost the flagship index of the U.S. stock market, the S&P 500. But did you...

Currencies: The Dollar King soon to be dethroned

As anticipated by the financial community, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its key rates by 25 basis points to 5.00%. However, this new turn of screw does not stop the king of the dollar, which has...

Currencies: Waiting for the Fed...

Despite the continued restrictive monetary policy of the European Central Bank, which as expected raised its main policy rate by 50 basis points on March 16 to 3.50%, the euro is struggling to...

Dollar hangs near 5-week high as inflation data looms; yen slips

The dollar hovered near a five-week high against major peers on Monday on rising bets for prolonged Federal Reserve policy tightening ahead of a crucial consumer price report the following day....

Marketmind: Euro rising

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole....

Volatile rouble falls again, cutting short slight recovery

The Russian rouble weakened in early trade on Friday, cutting short a slight recovery in the previous session as fears over oil and gas sanctions unnerved markets, though it got some support from a...

Dollar tentative as investors await Fed minutes

The U.S. dollar was steady on Wednesday as investors tempered their risk appetites ahead of the release of minutes of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting that could offer clues on the outlook for...

Sterling climbs as dollar rally wanes

The pound rose on Tuesday after falling in the previous session, as the dollar retreated following three days of gains....

Currencies: Focus on Foreign Exchange Reserves

Unlike your collection of foreign bills, a country's foreign currency collection is both larger and more complex to manage. Your pink ceramic pig filled with Canadian dollars, Japanese yen or Indian...

Accenture warns of forex hit amid strong IT services' demand

Accenture Plc on Thursday warned this year's dollar surge would hurt its fiscal 2023 results, even as robust demand for digital offerings helped the IT services major top quarterly earnings...

Rouble rebounds after trading suspension, Gazprom shares down

The rouble turned to gains after slipping beyond the 61 mark against the dollar on Monday, while shares in Gazprom inched lower after Russia said it had stopped gas supplies to Europe via the Nord...

Analysis-Bond bear market? 'Worst year in history' for asset as inflation bites

An accelerating decline in bond markets is bringing fresh pain for fixed income investors in a year when global bonds have already lost a fifth of their value....

Dollar eases from near two-decade peak as Jackson Hole looms

The U.S. dollar edged back from near a two-decade peak against a basket of major currencies on Thursday as investors looked to a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell the following day for...

Gold faces first weekly decline in a month on dollar advance

Gold was headed for its first weekly drop in a month after hitting a three-week low on Friday, under pressure from a stronger dollar and rising U.S. bond yields as the Federal Reserve looked set...

Exclusive-Bank of England will probably need to raise rates again, Ramsden says

The Bank of England will probably have to raise interest rates further from their current 14 year-high to tackle inflation pressures that are gaining a foothold in Britain's economy, BoE Deputy...

Safe haven dollar eases as risk appetite lifted by jobs data

The dollar eased on Monday, giving back some of the gains it made following Friday's blockbuster U.S. jobs report, as investors looked ahead to Wednesday's inflation data for more clues about the...

Sterling nears April high vs euro ahead of BoE meeting

Sterling edged up on Thursday and traded near its highest level against the euro since April ahead of a Bank of England policy meeting, with the central bank expected to hike interest rates by the...

Pound struggles around $1.20 on economy worries

Sterling held around the $1.20 level versus the U.S. dollar on Monday as traders worried about the outlook of the British currency after recent dismal data before a widely expected U.S. interest rate...

Explainer-Why the euro's fall below parity versus dollar matters

Europe's single currency has dropped below parity against the dollar for the first time in almost 20 years, battered by growing recession fears in the euro area....