Forex Market

EUR/USD is sliding during the New York session, downward pressured 0.23%, trading at 1.1526. The single currency is trading near the 2021 year lows.The market sentiment is still under risk-off environment, portrayed by US stock indices falling between 0.15% and 0.34%. Safe-haven currencies like the Japanese yen and the Swiss …

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said Tuesday that while inflation has surged more than he had expected and runs the risk of being more persistent than desired, he still believes price pressures will ease over time, in other words,  U. S. jobs slowdown should not derail taper …

The U.S. isn’t headed for the kind of “stagflation” that developed in the 1970s, when unemployment and inflation rose in tandem, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said.“I actually lived through, as a college student, the ‘Great Stagflation’ of the 70s, and I think there are a lot of differences,” …

The number of job openings on the last business day of August declined to 10.4, the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in its latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) on Tuesday. This report doesn’t seem to be having a significant impact on the U. S. dollar’s …

The International Monetary Fund is less optimistic about the global economy for 2021, but still sees reasonable growth over the medium term. The World Economic Outlook, published Tuesday, expects global gross domestic product to grow by 5.9% this year; 0.1 percentage point lower than July estimate. For next year, the …

The British pound initially dipped slightly to open up the Asian portion of the trading session on Tuesday, but turned right back around to rally towards the ¥155 level.The British pound has initially pulled back just a bit against the Japanese yen during Asian trading, only to turn around and …

Bitcoin climbed above $57000 on Monday as it continues to dominate institutional capital flows and traders resume push for record highs.The largest cryptocurrency rose for the first time since May extending its two-week rally. It’s up over 30% in October, currently trading at around $57187.Bitcoin’s surge is due to two …

NZD/USD has surrendered the previous session’s gains on Tuesday in the Asian session. The buying pressure in the U. S. dollar keeps NZD/USD unsteady. NZD/USD is trading at 0.6933, down 0.12% for the day, the U. S. Dollar Index (DXY), which measures its performance against its six major rivals, trades …

The US dollar has significantly surged during the course of the trading session on Monday to start the week and slice through the ¥112.50 level.The dollar ticked up to a 2-1/2-year high versus the yen on Monday after a soft U.S. payrolls figure did little to alter market expectations that …

Turkey’s lira dropped to a record low on Monday as a stronger U.S. dollar weighed on emerging market currencies, adding to bearish momentum on the lira since the central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates in September. In addition, the latest statements by President Erdogan concerning the elimination of threats from …