Analysis: Currencies

US DOLLAR / JAPANESE YEN (USD/JPY): 100 yens for one dollar

After several unsuccessful attempts, the dollar has taken advantage of a marked improvement in the US labor market and the new green light from international leaders in the Japanese monetary policy to...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Monetary adjusments

The greenback is getting back its color while the U.S. labor market shows signs of improvement and the ECB may be soon more accommodative. After the recent cut of the central bank’s key rate,...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): ECB giving a boost

After a political deadlock broken in Italy and the status quo of the Federal Reserve, the new rate cut by the ECB has led the euro in contact with USD 1.30. After two months of fruitless...

BRITISH POUND / US DOLLAR (GBP/USD): The United Kingdom avoided recession

The difference in outlook between the U.S. and British economies tightened after the release of growth rates in the first quarter on both sides of the Atlantic, when the Federal Reserve may confirm...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Exchange is died quiet

The Euro remains above USD 1.30 despite a gloomy macroeconomics while the political situation in Italy seems to unlock progressively. Continued contraction in private sector activity in Euroland...

EURO / BRITISH POUND (EUR/GBP): Fitch deprives the United Kingdom of its triple A

Penalized by poor economic outlook, the United Kingdom has recently been deprived of its Triple A by a second rating agency while the accommodative policy of the central bank calls also for a decrease...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): New period of turbulence

Mistreated by Chinese statistics, the single currency resists due to lower U.S. inflation. The fall of China's GDP to 7.7% on year in the first quarter, against 8% expected by economists, has...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Monetary Expansion

Decisions of the Japanese central bank , combined with the continuation of an ultra-accommodative monetary policy overseas, are supporting risk appetite and allow the single currency to resume its...

US DOLLAR / JAPANESE YEN (USD/JPY): Capital flight

Investors go away from the Japanese archipelago after the last meeting of the central bank of Japan which marks a break with the previous policy now giving priority to a massive increase in the money...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Comeback above USD 1.30

The sharp fall in Non-Farm Employment Change penalizes the greenback, allowing the single currency, driven by a central bank which seems to be less accommodative, to quickly comeback above USD...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Minimum bid rate unchanged

After an intense situation with the Cypriot case, worries still persist in the Eurozone where macroeconomic indicators are getting worse as the ECB is pursuing its monetary status quo. Despite his...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Agreement reached for Cyprus

Whereas the ECB threatened not to put money into the Cypriot banks in cash from the March 25, intense negotiations in Brussels finally lead to an agreement about the bailout of the island. In...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Back to the reality

After skyrocketing in January, the single currency is facing again its fundamentals while American and European figures are increasing their differences, Italy is in a political stalemate and Brussels...

US DOLLAR / CANADIAN DOLLAR (USD/CAD): The "loonie" threaten by the strong US Dollar

The decline of the USD/CAD gives us a buying opportunity as the central bank of Canada seems less eager to tighten its monetary policy. While the institution notes that Canadian exports are...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): No more downside risks

The Euro remains above USD 1.30 following the ECB which is less accommodative than expected and a good dynamic of stock markets despite a gloomy macroeconomic and the entry into force of automatic...

NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR / US DOLLAR (NZD/USD): The Kiwi under pressure

As well as having a famous rugby team, New Zealand also has a strong currency, often ranked among the eight major currencies. The local central bank, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand , has recently...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Political impasse in Italy

Downward pressure on the Euro is confirmed following the complicated Italian legislatives despite the confirmation of the U.S. monetary policy by Ben Bernanke. Annual high points already seem so far...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Fed changes the face

Monetary policies of central banks drive the market in early 2013 and the FOMC Meeting Minutes did not exception. Usually accused of letting slip its currency to attractive rates, the U.S. central...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Green light from G20 to accomodating policies

The single currency could soon restart its rise whereas, as expected, the statement of the G20 does not stigmatize the Japanese or American monetary policies. At the end of the meeting of finance...