commodities
February in Figures
February 28, 2011
Very little net movement in either long- or short-term interest rates occurred during the four weeks of February. The dollar on balance performed even more weakly than in January, and stocks did better, preserving a long-established tendency for equities and the dollar to behave inversely. One currency that did worse than the U.S. dollar was […] More
August 2010 in Figures
August 31, 2010
August had a different mood from July. Long-term interest rates tumbled, and the dollar rose except against traditional carry trade funding currencies like the Japanese yen and Swiss franc. The yen reached a new 15-year high of 83.61, and the Swissy’s monthly peak of 1.0135 per greenback almost matched the 2010 high. The dollar performed […] More
April in Figures
May 2, 2010
Among economies surveyed in this regular feature, only in Canada, where the central bank has readied investors for monetary tightening as soon as early June, were interest rates under upward pressure. Japanese bond yields fell marginally in spite of intensifying chatter about their vulnerability in the face of enormous debt. The dollar was mixed during […] More
