Today, EUR/USD has ended its short consolidation period with a sharp move down. The currency pair was hurt by weak inflation data released from countries of the eurozone and fell apart completely after the release of US economic indicators, basically all of which were very good. Of a particular note was the upward revision of gross domestic product. US GDP grew 1.0% in Q4 2015 after expanding 2.0% in Q3 […]
Read moreUS dollar is gaining ground against its major counterparts today after the release of the latest GDP data. An improving US economy is boosting the possibility of a rate hike later this year. After the Federal Reserve raised rates slightly in December, many analysts thought that there wouldn’t be another rate hike for quite some time. Unrest and other problems led to concerns about the economy. However, data […]
Read moreThe Great Britain pound has attempted to rally during the current trading session but failed and is trading near the opening level as of now. The sterling was attempting to extend yesterday’s rally but was unsuccessful. Fears of Britain leaving the European Union continue to haunt the market, undermining any attempts of Britain’s currency to rally, and the sudden drop of the consumer confidence was not helping the matters. It looks like the pound is going […]
Read moreInflation data released from Japan during the Friday’s trading session was mixed, but this did not prevent the Japanese yen from rising against the US dollar and the euro. Japan’s core Consumer Price Index was unchanged in January while experts had predicted a drop by 0.2%. Tokyo core CPI, on the other hand, edged down 0.1% while analysts had promised it to stay unchanged. The mixed data […]
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