Author: Darrell Jobman

Currency markets struggled for direction during the week as a whole with no currency in a position to gain strong buying support. The dollar proved generally resilient and there were bouts of strength, but it struggled to make...

Degrees of risk appetite continued to have an important market impact. Confidence initially faltered with fears over the impact of a flu pandemic, but economic sentiment was generally resilient as equity markets were generally...

There was a slight shift in sentiment towards the US and Euro-zone economies over the week and this made it more difficult for the US currency to make ground. The dollar pushed stronger over the first half of the week, but it...

The US data releases had a mixed impact over the week while risk appetite was relatively steady and attention switch more towards the Euro-zone over the week as policy uncertainties increased.ECB council member Weber made...

Risk appetite and conditions within the global economy continued to dominate market sentiment. Dollar Libor rates edged lower over the week and this tended to curb US currency demand to some extent, although the impact was...

Degrees of risk appetite remained very important for market direction over the week. The US currency gained initial support on defensive grounds as there was increased speculation that the Administration would force General...

EUR/US$ Risk appetite generally improved during Tuesday and this helped underpin the Euro with support below 1.32 against the dollar. Improvements in underlying Euro sentiment were still limited as there were further...