Euro recovers as Eurozone inflation stays firm

Euro recovers as Eurozone inflation stays firm

EUR/USD trades near the 1.1530 area during Friday’s American session, consolidating after a strong rally off intraday lows. The Euro found support from resilient Eurozone inflation data, although gains remain capped as hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) rhetoric boosts the US Dollar. Preliminary data from Eurostat showed that the Eurozone Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) […]

It’s a close call whether interest rates are high enough

It’s a close call whether interest rates are high enough

Richmond Federal Reserve (Fed) President Tom Barkin said on Friday that it remains uncertain whether the current level of interest rates is sufficiently restrictive to bring inflation back to the Fed’s 2% target, according to an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Barkin also said he was unsure whether he would have joined the three […]

United States Dollar Index struggles near 100 after suspected Japanese intervention

United States Dollar Index struggles near 100 after suspected Japanese intervention

The US Dollar Index (DXY) struggles to hold its early recovery on Friday as the fallout from suspected Japanese intervention and the possibility of direct action by the United States (US) keep the Greenback under pressure. At the time of writing, the index trades around 99.96, easing from an intraday high of 100.45 and hovering […]

The Japanese Yen has a second buyer nobody will name

The Japanese Yen has a second buyer nobody will name

Thursday’s record Yen defence is the story everyone has written. Friday is the one that matters, because the Dollar has been sold in three separate lurches since the Tokyo morning, nobody has claimed any of them, and the US Treasury has told a number of banks through the New York Fed that it may enter […]