New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Euro Strengthens With ECB in the Spotlight
July 20, 2017
The euro advanced 0.6% against the dollar and is not far beneath $1.16. The dollar otherwise climbed 0.4% relative to sterling, 0.3% versus the yen and Aussie dollar, 0.2% relative to the yuan and 0.1% versus the peso. The dollar dipped 0.1% against the Swissy and loonie. WTI crude oil rose 0.4% to $47.31 per […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Focus Shifting to Upcoming ECB and BOJ Monetary Policy Reviews
July 19, 2017
Yesterday’s story centered on the failed U.S. healthcare repeal and replace bill, which sent the dollar sharply lower. The dollar today has declined a further 0.4% against the yen and Australian dollar, 0.3% relative to the loonie and kiwi, and 0.1% vis-a-vis sterling and the Swiss franc. But the dollar recovered 0.2% against the euro […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Dollar Continues to Slide
July 18, 2017
The inability of the U.S. Republican Congress to pass legislation in the Trump era took a further toll on the dollar today. Gold rose. Stocks stalled, and long-term interest rates are lower. Subdued inflation remains a global economic trend. U.S. import prices slid 0.2% on month in June after a 0.1% dip in May and […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Better-than-Forecast Chinese Data Tops a Light Start to the Week
July 17, 2017
Despite slight appreciation overnight, the dollar remains at rather soft levels such as 1.1445 per euro and JPY 112.60. Commodity prices are somewhat firmer. WTI oil, for instance, rose 0.4%, and Comex gold is up 0.2%. But commodity-sensitive currencies have dipped. The Canadian and Australian dollars softened 0.1% and 0.2%. The kiwi lost 0.3%, responding […] More
Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Next Week
July 14, 2017
Central Banks: The European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, South African Reserve Bank, Bank Indonesia and Magyar Nemzeti Bank will hold monetary policy meetings. Minutes from the last Reserve Bank of Australia meeting and an updated Bank of Japan Outlook will be published. ECB President Draghi and BOJ Governor Kuroda will preside over press conferences. […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Awaiting Important U.S. Data
July 14, 2017
U.S. statistics will be reported today on consumer prices, retail sales, industrial production and the Reuters/U. Michigan consumer sentiment survey. Market direction on the dollar and stocks awaits those reports. European sovereign debt yields fell overnight by six basis points in Spain, five bps in Italy, 3 bps in France, 2 bps in Germany and […] More
Central Bank Watch
Central Reserve Bank of Peru’s Reference Rate Cut to 18-Month Low of 3.75%
July 13, 2017
Peru’s central bank rate 25-basis point cut this month was the second one of 2017 and returns the level to its lowest point since mid-December 2015 to mid-January of 2016. Both headline and core inflation are falling according to a released statement, and they are within the 1-3% target range. Expected inflation is also creeping […] More
Central Bank Watch
Bank Negara Malaysia
July 13, 2017
Malaysia’s central bank policy rate was maintained at 3.0%, its rate for the past year. There had been cuts of 25 basis points in both July 2014 and July 2016. Expectations of a possible rate hike later this year have faded as a spike in inflation is being unwound gradually. A statement released today indicates […] More
Central Bank Watch
Bank of Korea
July 13, 2017
Thirteen months have passed since the last base rate change in South Korea, and although central bank officials bumped projected 2017 economic growth up somewhat to 2.8%, the base rate was left at 1.25%. Five cuts spaced out from April 2014 to June 2016 had previously halved the policy interest rate. A statement released today […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Bond Yields, Oil and Dollar Down, Equities and Gold Up
July 13, 2017
The dollar depreciated 0.7% against the Australian dollar, 0.3% relative to sterling, and 0.1% vis-a-vis the yen, yuan, peso, kiwi and loonie. Exceptions to this downtrend were daily dollar rises of 0.3% against the euro and 0.1% relative to the Swiss franc. West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell 0.7% to $45.19 per barrel. Ten-year German […] More
