Author: Darrell Jobman

The dollar survived a test of 2009 lows over the first half of the week and was able to regain some ground as stock markets turned more cautious. The US currency was unable to generate strong momentum and drifted lower late in...

Currency markets generally have been trapped within relatively narrow ranges over the past few weeks. In this environment, institutional investors looked to target a breakout and secure a substantial move. The US currency was...

Global risk appetite continued to have an important impact on currency markets. The dollar posted gains early in the week, but was unable to break any important Euro support levels and was then on the defensive for much of the...

Trends in risk appetite continued to have a very strong market influence. The dollar strengthened sharply in the middle of the week, primarily due to a surge in risk aversion. The US currency still found it very difficult to...

The US economic conditions and medium-term reserves policies continued to have an important impact on the US currency. Currencies struggled to break out from recent ranges as moves quickly stalled. Risk appetite was generally...

Markets struggled to secure direction for much of the week. The dollar was unable to make any great headway, but it did again show some resilience in the face of underlying weak sentiment. The latest US capital flows report...

Currency markets struggled for direction for much of the week with rallies quickly attracting selling pressure as moves struggled to gain any momentum. Overall dollar sentiment was still generally fragile which certainly limited...

As sentiment towards the currency remained extremely weak, the US dollar initially remained under pressure, but it managed to find some respite over the second half of the week with the trade-weighted index securing a fragile...