Category: Forex

Dollar Rebounds After Recent Sell-Off as Traders Await ECB

LONDON/SINGAPORE—The dollar rallied on Thursday, after earlier falling to a one-month low in choppy trading ahead of an expected rate hike from the European Central Bank (ECB). The greenback has slid in recent days as investors have cheered signs that the U.S. Federal Reserve is considering slowing down its aggressive rate hikes in December. Yet…


Dollar Slides on Expectations of Less Hawkish Fed, Euro at 1-month High

LONDON—The euro climbed back above parity against the dollar for the first time in a month on Wednesday after poor U.S. economic data reinforced speculation that the Federal Reserve will slow its interest rate hikes, sending the greenback tumbling. The European common currency rose as high as$1.0048, the highest since Sept. 20, and was last…


Sterling Rises as Sunak Prepares to Become PM, Euro Awaits ECB Hike

LONDON—Sterling rose on Tuesday supported by improved risk sentiment as Rishi Sunak prepared to become Britain’s prime minister, while the euro steadied ahead of an expected rate hike by the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday. The U.S. dollar edged up but was not far from its lowest level in October amid signs Federal Reserve…


Dollar Shrugs Off Suspected Japan Intervention; Pound Eyes UK Politics

LONDON—A blast of suspected intervention by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Monday to boost the yen did little to tame the dollar, while the pound see-sawed as former finance minister Rishi Sunak emerged as the front-runner to be the next British prime minister. The yen hit a low of 149.70 per dollar overnight before…


Yen Slides Further to 151 per Dollar, Pound Falls on UK Turmoil

LONDON—The yen was on track for its 10th straight weekly decline against the relentlessly strong dollar on Friday, while sterling fell as political turmoil once again gripped Britain. The dollar gained across the board, also pushing the Swiss franc to its lowest level since May 2019. Investor bets on the U.S. Federal Reserve ratcheting up…


Yen Softens Past 150 per Dollar for First Time Since 1990

LONDON—The dollar hit the symbolic level of 150 yen for the first time since 1990 on Thursday as the greenback was supported by Treasury yields trading at multi-year highs, keeping markets on high alert for intervention from Japanese authorities. Moves among other major currencies were muted by recent standards. The euro up 0.5 percent at…


Sterling Slips Amid Red-Hot Inflation, Dollar Holds at 32-year Peak Versus Yen

LONDON/TOKYO—Sterling weakened on Wednesday after hotter-than-expected consumer price inflation and fears of a deeper recession bolstered expectations of a less aggressive rate hike by the Bank of England in November. The U.S. dollar held at a 32-year peak against the yen and rose from a two-week trough against a basket of major peers, underpinned by…


Sterling Pauses After UK Fiscal U-turn Rally, Yen Scrabbles Off 32-year Low

LONDON—Sterling paused on Tuesday, after surging almost 2 percent the day before, as improved investor sentiment sent the safe haven U.S. dollar lower against major peers following the UK’s dramatic U-turn on its fiscal plans. On Monday, new finance minister Jeremy Hunt scrapped most of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic plan and scaled back her…


Sterling Edges Up on UK Fiscal Policy U-turn; Yen Struggles

SINGAPORE—Sterling inched cautiously higher following British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s partial reversal of her government’s economic plan, while the yen was pinned near a 32-year low as markets awaited signs of intervention from Japanese authorities. The pound gained 0.42 percent to $1.1225, after Truss said on Friday that Britain’s corporation tax will rise to 25…


Dollar Edges Higher, Pushing Yen to New 32-year Low

LONDON/SINGAPORE—The dollar edged higher on Friday after dropping the previous day despite U.S. inflation accelerating, helping it hit a 32-year peak against Japan’s yen. Sterling slipped after a sharp rally on Thursday, as reports said British Prime Minister Liz Truss was preparing to sack her finance minister and carry out a major U-turn on the…