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Financial Times foreign exchange correspondent Roger Blitz talks to experts on the currencies market about the week ahead, looking at the global political and economic factors driving the wo...
The US currency's ascent in 2018 has surprised many analysts and investors. The reflation trade that followed the election of Donald Trump w...
A Federal Reserve rate rise had little impact on the dollar while ECB president Mario Draghi drove the euro higher with optimistic comments...
Trade tensions are hotting up, Brexit talks are souring and the Federal Reserve is gearing up for another rate hike, yet currencies in the f...
Inflation strength in Europe and the the UK and weakness in the US were important factors in forex as central banks took centre stage, while...
A week dominated by falls in emerging market currencies, notably the South African rand, is triggering another bout of concern that the prob...
The British pound, Argentina's peso and Turkey's lira: all of them in the news and all getting pushed around (albeit in different directions...
The dollar came under pressure on two fronts this week - Donald Trump's impeachment risk and the president's disparaging remarks about the F...
Turkey's troubled lira, worries about emerging market currencies and the impact of sanctions and tariffs on the rouble and renminbi have put...
Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell this week injected renewed vigour into the dollar, while weak data and Brexit woes undermined the pound. Da...
Investors treated the UK foreign secretary's resignation with little concern, leaving the pound poised for a rally as the prospect of a soft...
China's central bank verbally intervened to stabilise the renminbi after a fall that echoed the dramatic declines of 2015-16. Stephen Gallo...
Investors have barely had time to acknowledge that there is an EU summit taking place, as trade wars and China worries occupy their thoughts...
The emerging markets sell-off is starting to weigh on Asian currencies. Mansoor Mohi-uddin of NatWest Markets explores the reasons with Roge...
A big week in the policy making world saw the US Federal Reserve plough on with rate hikes while the European Central Bank took a more dovis...
European Central Bank policymakers warmed up investors to a potentially big announcement next week on asset purchases and normalisation, sen...
Markets were guilty of complacency about Italy, says Adrian Hilton of Columbia Threadneedle, failing to appreciate the existential threat to...
The Turkish lira's collapse has emerging market investors wondering whether there is any case for continuing to hold assets there. Yerlan Sy...
Local factors are contributing to sharp falls in the currencies of Argentina and Turkey, but other emerging markets cannot escape the impact...
The rout in emerging market currencies has exposed investors to an uncomfortable realisation - they were too willing to buy the EM rally at...
The sharp rally in the dollar has investors asking whether it is sustainable or about to fizzle out. Simon Derrick of BNY Mellon has the ans...
A rising dollar and a rising oil price are two of the big market moves of the week. But as Bill McQuaker of Fidelity International tells Rog...
Despite global growth, investors are struggling to find a driver, not just in foreign exchange but in other markets. What's causing this dou...
With some notable exceptions, currencies are spookily quiet in the middle of tensions over trade, signs of slowing growth in Europe, and the...
Trade tensions and equity sell-offs should be making investors wary of risky emerging market assets. But Wike Groenenberg of BNP Paribas tel...
January's euphoria seems a world away as volatility infects markets, but Silvia Dall'Angelo of Hermes Investment Management tells Roger Blit...
A Fed rate hike, market tensions about tariffs, a Brexit transition deal and Bank of England hawkishness - Erik Norland of CME Group tells R...
How big an impact is the prospect of an international trade dispute centred on US tariffs having on the foreign exchange market? Viraj Patel...
The European Central Bank is creeping towards the exit from super-stimulative monetary policy. How can it do this without sending the euro f...
New Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell's optimistic view of the US economy and faster rate hikes caused stocks to sell off and the dollar to r...
Federal Reserve hawkishness and market nerves have given the dollar a reprieve from depreciation, but reasons for its weakness far outweigh...
Foreign exchange investors have sat out much of the recent market volatility. Roger Hallam of JPMorgan Asset Management joins Michael Hunter...
Was it a market turmoil, a crash? Or just a jolt, a correction? Whatever your description of this week's equities sell-off, it adds up to a...
The apparent fondness for a weaker dollar among US administration officials has been enough to prompt HSBC's David Bloom to rip up his forec...
US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin sent forex traders' screens into meltdown when he said a weak dollar was in US interests. With trade te...
2018 has so far seen the dollar fall - but why? Rising Treasury yields, strong US growth and a Federal Reserve all set to raise rates three...
Data, rumours and policy announcements big and small caused notable forex moves, including swings towards the euro and the yen, as investors...
2017 was a year of transition, says Nick Gartside of JP Morgan Asset Management, as growth became more global and central banks adjusted mon...
BNY Mellon's Simon Derrick talks to Katie Martin about the curious case of stable sterling, the pending wave of tighter monetary policy, and...
Roger Blitz discusses the impact on the currency markets of signs of Brexit breakthroughs and movement on US tax cuts with Richard Benson of...
The German chancellor's coalition problems had only a fleeting impact on the euro, as investors were more interested in rising business conf...
Market jitters have hit equities, junk bonds and emerging market currencies. Is this something for forex investors and others to worry about...
Donald Trump's election victory 12 months ago set off a dollar rally and protectionism fears, and heightened political risk in Europe. Roger...
The first Bank of England rates hike in a decade left forex investors underwhelmed. With the economy sluggish and wage growth limited, John...
In the week the European Central Bank outlined its plans to wind down stimulus, Stephen Gallo of the Bank of Montreal joins Michael Hunter t...
Investors couldn't help notice the impasse in negotiations over Nafta, Brexit and Catalonia, but did they care very much? Michael Sneyd of B...
Investors brushed off the plunge in the lira as a Turkish difficulty rather than wider issues with emerging market currencies. Is EM FX less...
Whether it is the choice of Federal Reserve chair, Japan's election, Theresa May's chaotic speech or Catalonia's bid for independence, leade...
Politics was the driver of the forex market at the start of the year, but its influence is now waning, says HSBC's David Bloom. Investors ar...
A hawkish Federal Reserve pushed the dollar higher, but investors stopped short of igniting a full-throttle greenback rally. That is because...
The Bank of England is leaning towards a rate hike, pushing the pound higher. But does UK data justify the bank's hawkishness, and is sterli...