Trade is an inappropriate word. As I shared in an earlier post, we are exchanging things that we own, but making bets on value that we can claim sometime in the future. We trade our expectations on growth. Continue reading Trade is an inappropriate word…
United States. Federal Reserve System. The dollar. Covered interest rate parity. Swaps. Christopher J Waller. ” … there has, for some time, been commentary predicting that the dollar is destined for demise—potentially an imminent demise. Such predictions have not materialized. However, the role of the United States in the world economy is changing, and finance … Continue reading Retail foreign exchange trader news scan as of 1:30pm AST, Vice-chair Jefferson’s speech focuses on housing policy.
Reference rates per Board of Governors-Federal Reserve System Interest on Reserve Balances: 5.40% Discount Window Rate: 5.50% Effective Federal Funds Rate: 5.33% Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Foreign exchange rates AUD/USD=0.6677 NZD/USD=0.6121 USD/JPY=155.39 GBP/USD=1.2672 EUR/USD=1.0868 USD/CAD=1.3615 USD/MXN=16.6852 Source: x-rates.com (Are you ready for your next trader challenge? Visit https://toptiertrader.com/?ref=1449) Head of … Continue reading Retail foreign exchange trader news scan as of 6:46 pm AST. Mester wants to see more progress toward lower inflation.
Ready for your next trader challenge? Visit https://traderswithedge.com/?r=348 Federal Reserve Bank of New York-Central Bank for the U.S. Virgin Islands AUD/USD=0.6423 GBP/USD=1.2397 EUR/USD=1.0655 JPY/USD=154.5500 Source: Board of Governors-Federal Reserve System Eastern Caribbean Central Bank USD/XCD=2.7000 GBP/XCD=3.3679 CAD/XCD=1.9626 EUR/XCD=2.8833 JPY/XCD=0.0175 Source: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Central Bank of Barbados USD/BBD=1.9800 GBP/BBD=2.4399 CAD/BBD=1.4450 Source: Central Bank of … Continue reading Foreign exchange rates for the Eastern Caribbean as of 9:40 am AST
Around 6:31 am yesterday, approximately three and one-half hours prior to Federal Reserve Board chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, the price of the U.S. dollar in terms of the euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Canadian dollar, and the Eastern Caribbean dollar was as follows: USD/EUR=0.9193 USD/GBP=0.7858 USD/JPY=149.7394 USD/CAD=1.3582 … Continue reading Dollar weakens after Powell’s testimony to Congress. Was it something he said?
The pound-dollar and euro-dollar were flat today, 27 February 2024, with the dollar yen making the biggest move between 9:14 am and 4:15 pm. According to data I obtained from Bloomberg, the GBP/USD increased three pips, from 1.2682 to 1.2685. The EUR/USD decreased four pips, from 1.0848 to 1.0844. The USD/JPY increased 1600 pips moving … Continue reading Again, foreign exchange and bond yields looked flat today and I wonder if the US really wants lower rates.
10-year bond yield and currency data from Bloomberg paint a quiet day in those markets. The GBP/USD stayed flat between 9:30 am to 4:15 pm with the rate going from 1.2686 to 1.2684. The EUR/USD was flat as well with ever so slight dollar weakening from 1.0847 to 1.0851 this afternoon. The Japanese yen demonstrated … Continue reading A quiet day yesterday in the United States as foreign exchange markets got ready for Asia to open.
In comments made last week by a number of members of the Federal Open Market Committee, traders and investors should hold their horses on a cut in overnight banking rates anytime before June 2024. There appears to be some sentiment among Committee members that reducing the overnight lending rate between banks (federal funds rate) and … Continue reading I see baby Boomers seeking yield. Will the U.S. central banking system accommodate them?
AUD/USD=0.63201 There is more to Australia than the Australian Open, which I look forward to each year because it signals the beginning of the tennis season ( For my fellow tennis-heads, the dates are 14 January to 28 January 2024). Prior to the tennis hardcourt play down under is the political hardcourt play in the … Continue reading Will the AUD/USD keep falling through end of the week? Can Biden influence Albanese’s visit to China?
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