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Yen rose while Australian dollar fell; Key events coming this week
July 31st, 2017
Asian raw-material producers advanced after a surge in commodity prices bolstered optimism the global economy can gather momentum. Oil extended last week’s strongest rally this year. BHP Billiton Ltd., Rio Tinto Ltd. and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. ...
Aussie Is Slowing Down After It Touched a Two-Year High
July 27th, 2017
The Australian dollar has been one of the worst-performing currencies early on Wednesday. Aussie has been depreciated during the Asian session yesterday as the CPI report released by the Reserve Bank of Australia fell short of market forecasts. The ...
Dollar sank, euro added 0.2 percent and the Aussie extended gains; Early Forex review
July 27th, 2017
The dollar sank and Treasuries climbed after the Federal Reserve signaled that inflation remains persistently below its target even as the economy picks up steam. Asian stocks rose to the highest in almost a decade on optimism about corporate ...
Yen advanced, Euro and Australian dollar rose
July 25th, 2017
Asian equities were mixed ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy decision and as investors sifted through earnings from companies including Alphabet Inc. Oil rose while the dollar resumed declines. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fluctuated near a 10-year ...
Dollar returned to its lowest in almost a year; Aussie Falls
July 21st, 2017
Stocks in Asia pared a back-to-back weekly advance while the dollar returned to its lowest in almost a year as investors assess an investigation into the U.S. president that may stall his economic agenda. The Australian dollar plunged the ...
The main moves in markets: Dollar remains at the weakest level; Global bonds climb
July 19th, 2017
Global bonds climb as U.S. equities eke out fresh record highs Dollar remains at the weakest level in nearly a year Asian stocks advanced and futures pointed to higher starts to U.K. and U.S. equity trading as Treasuries steadied ...
Dollar extended losses; The euro jumped
July 18th, 2017
Asian shares, dollar slip as passage of U.S. healthcare bill doubtful Asian shares stepped back from more than two-year highs on Tuesday and the dollar extended losses as passage of a U.S. healthcare bill grew doubtful, and as investors ...
Asia shares rise; the Dow and S&P 500 hit record highs
July 17th, 2017
Asia shares rise on strong China GDP, accommodative Fed view Asian stocks set a fresh two-year high on Monday, boosted by stronger-than-expected economic growth in China and bets that lacklustre U.S. data will keep the Federal Reserve cautious about ...
The logic of a modern gold standard
July 14th, 2017
The logic of a modern gold standard In last week’s Insight, I analysed the current geopolitical situation and concluded that it was now in the interest of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to break from the US dollar completely, ...
The U.S. dollar weakened on Trump Jr. Emails; Yen, Korean won lead currency gains
July 12th, 2017
The U.S. dollar weakened against its G-10 peers and European equity futures rose as attention turned to central bank policy after markets were rattled by reports of Donald Trump Jr.’s contact with a Russian lawyer. U.S. equity futures were ...
