A significantly better than expected British Claimant Count Change figure encouraged investors to shift their funds to higher-yielding assets during European trading yesterday. As a result, currencies like the euro and British pound saw upward movement throughout...
The yen saw significant gains against both the euro and US dollar throughout yesterday’s trading session, after the Bank of Japan announced that their measures to increase inflation were not quite as strong as forecasted.
The yen came off a recent 2 ½ year low against the US dollar yesterday, as investors spent the day speculating about the possible steps the Bank of Japan was willing to take to increase inflation.
The safe-haven US dollar saw gains virtually all of its main currency rivals on Friday, as signs of a slowdown in economic growth in China, combined with disappointing British and American economic indicators encouraged risk aversion among...
A better than expected US Unemployment Claims figure gave the USD a temporary boost yesterday afternoon, before a disappointing manufacturing indicator resulted in the greenback reversing some of its earlier gains.
Comments from an EU finance minister earlier this week, in which he said that the euro’s recent bullish movement is threatening to hurt exports in the region, continued to weigh down on the EUR/USD yesterday.
The euro, along with other higher-yielding currencies, turned bearish yesterday, as fears regarding the slow pace of the US economic recovery encouraged investors to shift their funds to safe-haven assets.
Risk aversion in the marketplace, following disappointing euro-zone industrial data, resulted in gains for the safe-haven US dollar against its higher-yielding currency rivals yesterday.
The euro saw bullish movement against most of its main currency rivals on Friday, as investor confidence in the EU economic recovery remained high after the European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged earlier in the week.
Higher-yielding currencies and commodities saw significant gains yesterday, after the European Central Bank decided to leave euro-zone interest rates at 0.75% and ECB President Draghi predicted a gradual economic recovery in the region.
