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As the Federal Reserve meeting looming, market activity is getting dampened, with US Treasury yields is little changed, hovering around 2.60%. the greenback is mostly lower against the majors after a mixed trading on Monday. Traders and analysts are weighting in on what to expect from the upcoming FOMC meeting that concludes on Wednesday. The central bank...

As the latest Fed meeting was accompanied by the central bank’s commitment to data dependence, flexibility and patience, the upcoming FOMC meeting minutes may have a significant impact on the markets and the dollar in particular as the monetary authorities are expected to clarify the prospects of their monetary policy. Should the regulator hint that the shift...

The Fed took a pause in hiking rates but the greenback rallies. After eight sessions of strength, the ascent stalled, however demand reemerged quickly and took the currency to fresh highs. So what’s behind the USD strength after all? Essentially, it’s more weakness in other currencies rather than dollar appeal. It is just ‘best of a bad bunch’ as, for...

The dollar has finally left behind the recent dovish shift in the Fed’s tone. It looks like that traders have digested an updated message from the central bank and now shift focus to the incoming economic data from the US.  The greenback receives some support from this front. Friday’s US jobs report exceeded expectations strongly, confirming the solid state...

Global investors are awaiting the outcome of the FOMC’s January policy meeting. Stocks and currencies are muted ahead of the important verdict. While nobody expects any changes in the rates, the estimates of the potential rhetoric by the Federal Reserve differ. Against the backdrop of the latest speculations, one of the key issues for markets is the possible...

The greenback that suffered steep losses on Friday and remains mainly on the defensive at the start of a new trading week, will have a critical test in the days to some. The FOMC meeting and the NFP employment report will set the tone for the major currency pairs in the short term. Investor concerns over the US GDP and the global economy in general make the...

The US stock markets shifted to a recovery mode on Wednesday after an aggressive pre-Christmas sell-off. S&P 500 gained by nearly 5%, with most sectors turned green. However, the rebound was more like a dead cat bounce and a sign that the selling was overdone rather than an improvement in investor sentiment. By the way, risk trends looked less robust in Asia on...

The greenback has been losing ground aggressively at the end of the year. The US currency fails to resist the fundamental bearish drivers threatening to derail the already vulnerable upside trend in the USD. These drivers are the widespread rout in the US stock markets, concerns over the economic growth, Trump’s aggressive for-eign policy and political disputes,...

After a short-lived corrective rally on Friday, the greenback is back under the selling pressure at the start of the last trading week on the year. The market liquidity is getting thinner ahead of Christmas holidays, and the trad-ing activity will be rather subdued in the days to come. The buck finishes the month on a weaker note, while the government shutdown...

The US Dollar is trying to stage a widespread recovery on Monday as bears decided to take a breath after an aggressive sell-off over the last week. There are no any fundamental drivers behind the local rebound, which rather has to do with technical factors including the oversold conditions. Thy key events for the greenback this week are the two-day FOMC meeting...

USD is unstoppable this week and especially today. Many strong triggers has been supporting the dollar since the beginning of the week. Yesterday, the head of FOMC Yellen told that “gradual approach to hikes particularly appropriate in light of subdued inflation”. Mrs. Yellen also made a very important hawkish comment: Fed should be wary of moving too...