Economic News Category

QUICK MARKET UPDATE 21TH JUNE     AUD and NZD both moved substantially higher (for an Asian range day) with AUD/USD up around 40 points from its lows while NZD/USD up a similar amount circa +40 points. Fresh news and data were light only. EUR didn’t do too much, yen and GBP added on a

QUICK MARKET UPDATE 16th JUNE EUR/USD has ticked a couple of focuses lower, and the USD likewise exchanged somewhat higher against the yen and CHF. The link is scarcely changed, as is USD/CAD. Both the Australian and New Zealand dollars added a couple of focuses against the US dollar. If it’s not too much trouble,

QUICK MARKET WRAP The Australian dollar fell after the announcement of the meeting minutes, dropping by about 15 points to a low of around 0.7695. The New Zealand dollar/U.S. dollar fell a few points. Since then, the two have become a little bit apart. US dollar/Canadian dollar and US dollar/Japanese yen. The scope of all

QUICK MARKET WRAP 14th JUNE Major FX traded during a subdued fashion during the opening session to the week here in Asia. USD/JPY tested towards its US (Friday) high above 109.80 but thus far has not carried on higher from there. EUR, CHF, GBP, AUD, NZD, CAD are all little changed from their late Friday

HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY   Fresh news flow of any interest to FX was non-existent. the sole item that perhaps could have caused a stir, but didn’t, was that a gaggle folks senators (bipartisan) had reached an agreement on a US$1.2tln infrastructure package and the way to buy it. there’s still negotiation to be done