Forex Market

Britain’s consumer price inflation fell to a three-month low of 10.5% in December, providing some relief to the Bank of England and British households, but food and drink prices continued to rise at their fastest pace since 1977. The decline in the headline inflation rate from 10.7 percent in November …

The Japanese yen fell on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan kept interest rates very low, disappointing some investors who had hoped the bank would adopt more policy adjustments. The Bank of Japan surprised the market last month by raising its yield cap on 10-year bonds to 0.5% from 0.25%, …

Gold prices fell slightly on Wednesday as the US dollar strengthened, but expectations of a slower pace of Federal Reserve rate hikes limited losses. Spot gold fell 0.3 percent to $1,902.79 an ounce by 0256 GMT. US gold futures fell 0.2 percent to $1,906. The dollar index rose 0.3 percent. …

US stocks traded within a tight range on Tuesday after contrasting Q4 earning reports from investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, while China unveiled disappointing annual GDP data. Wall Street’s S&P 500 edged 0.2 per cent lower, supported by rising prices for energy and banking companies, while the tech-heavy …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in Switzerland on Wednesday to exchange views on economic ties, global economic developments and talks are expected to focus on means to deepen communication between the world’s two largest economies.Yellen’s first face to face meeting with Liu stems …

The critical Bank of Japan policy decision that is broadly awaited by investors on Wednesday could lift the Yen as much as 5%, according to analysts and economists.The BoJ meeting poses further upside risks to the JPY. If the BoJ decides on further YCC adjustment, we estimate that the Yen …

Amid risk-off impulse, and speculations for the Bank of Japan quitting its policy stance, the USD/JPY is struggling. USD/JPY attempts to hold on its earlier gains as the US session begins, though it’s retracing after hitting daily highs of 129.16 before the Wall Street open. The US dollar is giving …

European stocks stabilized on Tuesday, after investor fears of an economic slowdown after China recorded its weakest annual growth rate in nearly 50 years outweighed gains in industrial stocks. And by 0815 GMT, the European Stoxx 600 index was stable, after reaching a nine-month high in the previous session. Asian …

A significant amount of optimism seemed to weaken at the beginning of this quiet week, with US markets closed observing Martin Luther King holiday. The dollar managed to recover ahead of the daily close but ended the day with modest gains against most major rivals, and it is still at …

The NZD/USD pair is flat into the early close on Wall Street. Traders will look to the Q4 NZIER QSBO survey. The pair moved between a low of 0.6361 and a high of 0.6426, currently flat on the day hovering near its strongest levels in a month.The NZD benefitted in …