New York Morning FX Commentary February 22

United States Dollar (USD) Ahead of yesterday evening’s FOMC Minutes, the most commonly watched US equity index – the Dow Jones Industrial Average – was trading up around 150 points. When fears of a more aggressive path for US rate rises were not confirmed by the...

London Morning FX Commentary February 22

British Pound (GBP) Ahead of yesterday evening’s FOMC Minutes, the most commonly watched US equity index – the Dow Jones Industrial Average – was trading up around 150 points. When fears of a more aggressive path for US rate rises were not confirmed by the Minutes,...

Sydney Morning FX Commentary February 22

Australian Dollar (AUD) Lower stocks, a lower gold price and higher volatility made for a difficult background for the Aussie Dollar even before we factor in the RBA’s pretty dovish set of Minutes earlier in the week. AUD/USD has remained below 0.7900 ever since...

London Morning FX Commentary February 21

British Pound (GBP) The GBP began yesterday as the weakest of all the currencies we follow here but ended up as the strongest on what the US financial news channels might call ’Turnaround Tuesday’. On a day of no official economic statistics (though we did get the CBI...