Since President-elect Donald Trump announced his intent to acquire Greenland from Denmark, the Danish currency, the krone, has been devaluing against the U.S. dollar. According to data from OANDA, the price of one US dollar (USD) was 7.22722 krone (DKK) on 9 January. The currency continued to fall against the US dollar to a price … Continue reading Trump’s Greenland play. A state power flex.
At 7:00 am EST, EUR/USD opened at 1.03017 and closed at 1.03052. I have to wonder how much news leaked about the strength of today’s jobs situation report. By the beginning of the eight o’clock hour of trade, EUR/USD had fallen to 1.0257 and continued to fall further to 1.02524. OMB Statistical Policy Directive 4 … Continue reading Are government agencies following their own embargoes?
The GOP-controlled 119th Congress will take its seat around noon tomorrow. Over in the House chamber, there will be a vote for the Speaker of the House. Meanwhile, results from the Pan-European Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index demonstrates the danger of making a five day call on where the EUR/USD may end up at week’s end. … Continue reading The 119th Congress takes its seat tomorrow as the dollar continues to strengthen.
Where are the trading desks of the Federal Reserve System and the European Central Bank moving markets? Back in mid-December, the Federal Open Market Committee directed its trading desk at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to undertake open market operations to maintain the federal funds rate between the target range of 4.25% and … Continue reading Looking behind the gardened walls of central banks
The Bank of Japan decided to keep its target for the uncollateralized overnight call rate at 0.25% and its deposit facility rate also at 0.25%. The uncollateralized call rate is similar to the Federal Reserve’s federal funds rate while the deposit facility rate resembles the Fed’s interest on reserve balances rate. Japan’s consumer price index … Continue reading And the Bank of Japan has spoken …
NADEX, a binary options exchange platform, has an events contract posted with a buy price of $.98 on the EUR/USD exceeding 1.0275 by the end of this coming week. Assuming the Federal Open Market Committee does not make any changes to the federal funds rate, discount window, and interest on reserve balances, I estimate that … Continue reading I see EUR/USD exceeding 1.0275 by this Friday
Former U.S. president Donald Trump made the crypto industry a promise; that he would consider creating a fund that holds bitcoin as a reserve asset [1]. A number of states including Pennsylvania are reportedly considering similar proposals for incorporating state bitcoin ownership as a part of their state fiscal policies [2]. U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, … Continue reading Does making bitcoin a reserve asset increase transactional activity in the U.S.?
Liquidity Foreign exchange, algorithmic trading, volatility. Financial markets have become more susceptible to liquidity shortages with the rise of algorithmic trading and increased market fragmentation, according to the Bank for International Settlements. Foreign-exchange trading, meanwhile, proved more resilient potentially due to measures taken to curb unwanted behavior from high-frequency traders. Yahoo!Finance. Excess liquidity. Thailand’s banking … Continue reading The Interbank Market: The Ghanaian cedi continues its appreciation against the dollar.
Liquidity Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s nascent DeFi scene is getting a lot of excitement, with proponents saying that it will ultimately unlock more than $1 trillion in idle capital that currently does nothing more than act as a store of value. Analytics Insight. Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s price trajectory has reached new heights, nearly hitting the $100,000 mark post-election, … Continue reading The Interbank Market: Decreasing amount of bitcoin meets liquidity crunch.
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