Pound May Climb On Asset Purchase Program Ending

The U.K. currency may be experience a shift on its sentiment as speculations suggest that the current quantitative easing measures used by the nation’s central bank will be terminated, as the country starts to publish…

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Dollar Profits From Global Economic Pessimism

This Friday’s shift in market sentiment allowed the U.S. dollar to post a weekly advance versus most of the main higher-yielding currencies, as risk aversion rose globally and traders opted by the relative safety provided…

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Swedish Krona Gains on Greece’s Budget Deficit

The Swedish krona ended this week gaining versus the European single currency as Greek’s budget deficit is once again affecting the outlook for the euro, which also declined versus most of the main…

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Australian Dollar Down on Chinese Risk Aversion

The Australian dollar was one of the most affected currencies today as speculations that Chinese lending requirements will slow down the global economic recovery impacted traders’ sentiment, declining appetite for high-yielding…

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Canada’s Dollar Retreats on Oil, Risk Aversion

The Canadian dollar declined versus its U.S. counterpart and lower-yielding currencies as risk aversion rose impacting markets with extreme influence in the loonie rates, those of raw materials and equities, which dropped…

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Yen Benefits from China’s Lending Restrictions

Demand for safety rose today as concerns among investors that Chinese lending limits announced this week by the nation’s government may impact the global economic performance, allowing the yen to beat all…

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Australian Dollar Rallies on Interest Rate Outlook

Once again interest rates are fueling a rally for the Aussie dollar as it happened in the second half of the last year, when the South Pacific currency ranked among the best performing options in foreign-exchange…

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Brazilian Real Declines on Treasury Plans

The Brazilian real posted the fourth straight day of decline versus the U.S. dollar as speculations suggest that the Treasury is likely to start a debt selling plan to buy dollars, declining attractiveness for the real…

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Canadian Dollar Continues to Profit on Commodities

Speculations that demand for commodities will continue to grow in the U.S. and globally are helping the Canadian dollar to benefit from this scenario as exportation of raw materials account for half of the country’s trading revenue.…

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Yen Tumbles as Australia Fuels Risk Rally

The Japanese currency declined in the beginning of this Thursday’s session on Australia’s better than expected employment data, which increased attractiveness for riskier assets as the South Pacific economy recovery improves confidence among…

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Australian Dollar Climbs on Unemployment Rate

The Australian dollar climbed after employment figures were published in the country with better-than-expected numbers, adding confidence that the economic recovery in the country is accelerating its pace, spurring demand for assets…

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