Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Next Week
May 11, 2018
Central Banks: Monetary policy meetings scheduled in Thailand, Mexico, Indonesia, Iceland, Poland, and Brazil. Publication of RBA minutes. Mester and Kashkari of the Federal Reserve to speak publicly as will DeBelle of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Jordan of the Swiss National Bak and Schembri of the Bank of Canada. Holidays and Events: Norway’s Constitution […] More
Next Week
May 4, 2018
Central Banks: Monetary policy meetings in the U.K., New Zealand, The Philippines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Serbia, and Peru. Publications of Bank of Japan Board summary and minutes. Bostic, Barkin, George, Quarles, Kaplan and Evans of the Federal Reserve, and Bank of England Governor Carney speak publicly. Holidays and Special Events: Early May bank holiday in […] More
An Enigmatic Dollar
May 1, 2018
The book has now been written on the first third of 2018. The dollar had underperformed expectations in 2017, falling 12.3% against the euro, 8.7% versus sterling, 7.6% vis-a-vis the Australian dollar, 6.5% against the Canadian dollar, 6.3% versus the yuan, 4.3% against the Swiss franc, and 3.6% relative to the yen. Recent currency movement […] More
Next Week
April 27, 2018
Many Holiday Closures: Japan observes Showa Day on Monday, Constitution Day on Thursday and Greenery Day on Friday. China has Labor Day on Monday and Tuesday. Some of the markets observing May Day on Tuesday are France, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Spain, Hong Kong, South Korea,Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Indonesia, India, Singapore, South Africa. Numerous Purchasing […] More
False Claims
April 16, 2018
The experience of 45 years since governments in the major economies adopted a system of market-determined flexible exchange rates has taught officials to treat currency policy as a delicate matter. The less that is said by officials about their own or other currencies, the better. Currency policy in the United States falls under the jurisdiction […] More
Next Week
April 13, 2018
Special Events: Semi-annual IMF/World Bank Meetings will be running throughout the week in Washington, DC. Highlights of the gathering will include publication of the World Economic Forum, a press conference on Thursday by IMF Managing Director Lagarde, and a Group of Twenty press conference on Friday. A meeting of EU finance ministers will occur on […] More
U.S. Current Account, GDP and the Dollar
April 9, 2018
The U.S. current account deficit has been in a manageable and safe range since 2012. As a percentage of nominal GDP, it ranged between 2.2% and 2.7% during the last three calendar years, including 2.4% in 2017, 2016, and 2013. The ratio had been higher in the first three years of the current economic upswing […] More
Next Week
April 6, 2018
Central Banks: Policy meetings in Poland, Ukraine, South Korea, Serbia, Peru and Mexico. Policy meeting minutes to be released by European Central Bank and the Federal Open Market Committee. Chicago Federal Reserve President Evans, Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Lowe, and Bank of England Governor Carney speak publicly. Scheduled U.S. Economic Statistical Releases: Consumer prices, […] More
Next Week
March 30, 2018
Holiday Closures: Many markets will remain shut on Easter Monday such as France, Italy, Germany, the U.K., Spain, Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia, and Hong Kong. The Ching Ming Festival will be celebrated Thursday in Hong Kong and Thursday and Friday in China. South Africa’s Family Day is on Monday. Purchasing Manager Surveys: Multiple PMIs will […] More
Next Week
March 23, 2018
Holiday-Shortened Week: The Good Friday/Easter break will deprive trading from full-cylinder power in the latter half of next week. Markets closures on Friday include Great Britain, the United States, India, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, South Africa, Norway, Singapore, New Zealand, Mexico, Indonesia, Hong Kong, France, Italy, Canada, Brazil and Australia. Many markets will remain shut on […] More
