The Canadian dollar rose today, rallying for the second session against the US dollar and the euro, as the nation’s economy continued to grow in November. At the same time, the currency retreated versus the Japanese yen following yesterday’s…
Posts published in January 2014
US Dollar Continues to Strengthen
The US dollar continues to strengthen today, in the fact of global uncertainty, and as the Federal Reserve continues tapering efforts. There is a lot helping the greenback right now, and it is little surprise that…
Euro Struggles as Economy Remains Static
Euro is struggling today as the latest economic data indicates that the situation is still mostly static in the eurozone. The 18-nation currency region continues to fight with unemployment, and the inflation level remains…
Sterling Drops, Ignores Improvement of Consumer Confidence
The Great Britain pound dropped today as the mood of Forex traders turned sour and they preferred to stick to safer currencies. Even improving confidence of Britons was not able to help the sterling. The GfK…
Increasing Trade Surplus Does Not Help NZ Dollar
The New Zealand dollar dropped today even as the nation’s trade surplus widened last month. The increase was smaller than analysts have anticipated and the general market sentiment was less positive…
Yen Gains as Data Suggests No More Stimulus Needed
The Japanese yen advanced as a set of good macroeconomic report was released from Japan today, suggesting that policy makers do not need to implement additional monetary stimulus and may even…
Dollar Demonstrates Strength with Help of QE Tapering
The US dollar jumped today as traders digest the news about quantitative easing tapering by the Federal Reserve. Excessive monetary stimulus was detrimental for the dollar and its reduction helped the currency to gain. The Fed…
Mexican Peso Gains as US Economy Grows
The Mexican peso advanced today as economic growth in the United States improved prospects for Mexico’s exports to its neighbor and the biggest trading partner. US gross domestic product rose 3.2 percent in the fourth…
Negative Fundamentals Do Not Prevent Aussie’s Gains
The Australian dollar managed to rise today even as fundamentals were not supportive, both domestically and overseas. It looks like monetary tightening of various central banks made the traders’ sentiment good…
Loonie Struggles to Regain Ground, Likely to Fall Further
Loonie is struggling to regain some of the ground it lost in earlier trading against the greenback. However, there isn’t a lot to support the Canadian dollar right now, and so it is expected…