Currency Forecast

The U.S. dollar performed extremely well in the first quarter of 2021, but the second quarter, so far, has been more challenging. Since the beginning of the month, investors have been selling U.S....

The euro traded sharply lower against the U.S. dollar after the European Central Bank’s monetary policy announcement. On a technical basis, EUR/USD rejected the 100-day SMA, an important...

Thursday’s European Central Bank monetary policy announcement is one of the most important event risks this week. With a seven-week gap between tomorrow’s meeting and the next, the...

The greenback is back in the game again! Since the end of February, the US dollar has been gaining against a basket of major currencies, like the euro, British pound and Japanese yen. As of March 9,...

Tomorrow’s Bank of Canada monetary policy announcement is a tricky one. On one hand, economic data has been very good. Job growth is strong, consumer spending is improving, the housing...

All of the major currencies traded higher on Monday as investors continued to drive the U.S. dollar lower. When a rise in Treasury yields, sell-off in U.S. stocks, strong payrolls and retail...

The U.S. dollar struggled to rally Thursday despite very strong U.S. economic reports. According to the latest releases, the U.S. economy roared back to life in March and early April. Retail...

What is moving the markets these days? What are the main drivers of currency pairs? First, the vaccination pace. The second, the recovery speed. And finally, investors are concerned about how...

The euro kicked off this busy trading week with modest gains against the US dollar. Despite continued lockdowns in some of the region’s biggest economies, slow vaccine rollout and lower...

As it revelaed in its semi-annual financial stability review last week, The Reserve Bank of Australia is anxious about growing risks to the country’s economy. The central bank maintains that...

The first full trading week of April started quietly with many markets closed for Easter Monday. It wasn’t until the start of the New York trading session that the U.S. dollar started to move....

The most anticipated event risk this week was the March U.S. non-farm payrolls report. Nearly 1 million jobs were created, the most in seven months. Economists were looking for NFPs to rise...

Thanks to the Good Friday holiday and the long weekend, the foreign exchange markets should be quiet today. But the EUR/USD is one to watch in the days and weeks ahead, given the stark contrast in the...

After rising strongly in March, the U.S. dollar kicked off the month of April with losses against most of the major currencies. The sell-off was modest and represents nothing more than...