Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Yearend Seasonality of EUR/USD
January 1, 2026
The most widely followed bilateral relationship in the first quarter century of the era of flexible dollar exchange rates was that against Germany’s Deutsche mark. After 1998 the euro assumed the role of dollar performance bellwether when eleven European countries adopted the euro. The number of economies using the euro has since expanded to 21. […] More
Deeper Analysis
December 2025 and Full 2025 in Figures
January 1, 2026
Gold and silver prices soared in 2025, as the dollar experienced its weakest performance in almost a decade. Despite central bank interest rate cuts in Europe and North America, long-term interest rates advanced somewhat. Bitcoin swung all over the place but fell only around 6% on balance. Lower oil prices enabled reported total inflation to […] More
