AUD/USD: Market Optimism on Fiscal Deal Weakens Greenback

by AlgosysFx | January 2, 2013 12:40 pm
There is market optimism in the global financial markets, and the safe haven US dollar is expected to fall against its Canadian currency counterpart. The bipartisan US Congress finally agreed to and voted for a budget deal...

USD/CAD: Loonie to Flourish Amid Fiscal Cliff Hesitations

by AlgosysFx | December 26, 2012 10:49 am
Even with the risk that the world’s largest economy could enter a recession, the Canadian dollar had the biggest intraday jump in almost two weeks against its US counterpart amid investor optimism about the country’s economic prospects.

AUD/CAD: Loonie Set to Benefit from Santa Rally

by AlgosysFx | December 19, 2012 9:37 am
Market expectations that a resolution to the budget impasse will soon be reached, and the United States will avert the looming fiscal cliff, has risk confidence supporting demand for the Canadian dollar over the Australian currency.

USD/JPY: Yen Plunges as Shinzo Abe’s Party Wins Election

by AlgosysFx | December 17, 2012 2:41 am
The Japanese yen is foreseen to maintain its slump opposite the US dollar today as conservative ex-premier Shinzo Abe, who pledged more aggressive monetary policy, will get a second chance to lead Japan after his Liberal Democratic...

USD/CHF: Lack of Progress Over Fiscal Cliff Talks Derail the Dollar

by AlgosysFx | December 14, 2012 9:42 am
The US dollar is presumed to continue its weakening trend alongside the Swiss franc today on views that negotiations to avoid the debilitating fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts are not making headway with the...

USD/CAD: Fed Expectations and Obama Compromise Weaken US Dollar

by AlgosysFx | December 12, 2012 10:57 am
The Federal Reserve is expected to announce today an expansion of its asset purchases program that is likely to weaken the valuation of the US dollar versus the Canadian currency. Hopes also continue to rise as talks...

USD/JPY: Yen Dips as Japan Slips into Recession

by AlgosysFx | December 11, 2012 8:06 am
The Japanese yen is believed to weaken alongside the US dollar in the exchanges today as fresh data revealed that the world’s third largest economy had entered a technical recession in the September quarter. The report has...

USD/JPY: Japanese Deflation Leads the USDJPY to Move Northward

by AlgosysFx | December 10, 2012 2:54 am
Japan’s Final Gross Domestic Product dropped to -0.9 percent in Q3, which left the estimate unchanged from Q2. Economists had on average expected the GDP contraction to be revised to a slightly better 0.8 percent decline.