Aussie Down on GDP Contraction, Dollar Recovers ahead of More Data
Australian Dollar tumbles broadly today and it’s trading as the weakest one so far. The decline partly follows worse than expected Q2 GDP data, and partly as profit taking on recent strong rise. Selloff against New Zealand Dollar the latter...
Sterling Surges With Euro, Swiss Franc Tumbles, Dollar Mixed
Sterling overtakes Euro as the strongest currency for today, as cross buying against the latter resumes after brief consolidation. However, Swiss Franc is clearly left behind and it’s trading as the worst performing one. Rallies in Gold and Silver are...
Euro Upside Breakout, Aussie Shrugs RBA
Euro trades broadly higher in Asian session as it finally takes out near term resistance against Dollar and Yen. Swiss Franc is following the common currency closely as second strongest. Gold is also tracking the Euro higher too. Dollar and...
Yen Softens Further on Yields, Euro to Test Resistance Levels
Yen is trading with an undertone today despite mixed risk markets. Treasury yield is a factor weighing on Yen again, with US 10-year yield staying firm around 0.73 handle. Germany 10-year is also back above -0.4% handle. US stocks open...
Yen Softens as Nikkei Rebound, Busy Week Ahead
Yen softens mildly in quiet Asian session, accompanied by the rebound in Nikkei, as markets digest Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s resignation. Dollar is also paring some of last week’s steep losses. But overall, major pairs a crosses are bounded in...
Dollar Dived on New Fed Strategy, Aussie Shone ahead of a Key Week
Dollar tumbled sharply, and broadly last week as markets perceive Fed’s adoption of average inflation targeting as a dovish move. Nevertheless, selloff were mainly against commodity currencies and, to a lesser extent, Sterling. The greenback ended in range against Euro,...
Dollar Shrugs Income and Spending Report, Selloff Continues
Fed chair Jerome Powell inspired a fresh round of Dollar selloff which his Jackson Hole speech, which carries on to today. Stronger than expected personal income and spending, as well as core inflation reading provide little support. Though, for now,...
Yen Down on Surging Yield, Rebounds on Abe Resignation Talks
Dollar spiked lower overnight after quickly stabilized, as supported by surge in treasury yields. Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced that adoption of “average inflation targeting”. That goes beyond the “symmetric” targeting, and allows inflation to overshoot to average out at...
Dollar Tumbles as Fed Adopts Average Inflation Targeting to Allow Inflation Overshoot
Dollar appears to have finally taken a side, the downside, with Fed chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech. In short, Fed is now adopting a “flexible form of average inflation targeting”, to achieve inflation that “averages 2 percent over time”....
Dollar Softer in Mixed Markets, No Decisive Selling Yet
Markets continue to be rather mixed as investors are awaiting Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole symposium. S&P 500 and NASDAQ surged strongly overnight to new record highs. But Asian markets are mixed, with weakness seen in...