Monetary policy
China inflation suggests more rate hikes likely
Brian Jackson, senior strategist at RBC Capital Markets in Hong Kong, looks at China's policy reaction to worsening inflation
Wells Fargo: Commodity currencies power ahead
Wells Fargo topped this week’s one-month currency forecast rankings with expectations for commodity and emerging market currencies to benefit from the US Federal Reserve policy of maintaining high levels of liquidity.
Thomson Reuters: Eurodollar rise will 'run out of steam'
Thomson Reuters - IFR topped the one-month currency forecast poll this week with expectations that the euro would bounce back from the European sovereign debt crisis.
BIS: Output loss not due to currency collapse
BASEL – Amid speculation from some corners of the market that the euro could collapse, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published its most recent paper, 'Chronicle of currency collapse: Re-examining the effects on output' on July 6. The paper…
Sarb points to pitfalls of exchange rate rigidity
South African Reserve Bank keeps rates flat as inflation outlook remains steady, adviser says exchange rates an important policy tool
Trading Places 17.5.10
Read Trading Places for this week's movers and shakers in the global FX space.
Strong words from the SNB
Neil Mellor, currency strategist at Bank of New York Mellon in London, warns against reading too much into the Swiss National Bank's latest policy statement.
A global power shift
Gerard Lyons, chief economist at Standard Chartered in London, believes the balance of power could shift as the global economy recovers in 2010.
Banks find USD’s future hazy
Banks are divided in their 2010 predictions for the US dollar, with some expecting the unit to falter on risk appetite while others anticipate US monetary policy will support the unit.
Verbal intervention won’t stop US dollar losses
Adam Cole, global head of foreign exchange strategy at RBC Capital Markets in London, believes US dollar weakness is a reflection of conventional monetary policy
TD Securities: Fed holds key to USD recovery
TD Securities continues to be bearish on the US dollar over the short and medium term
Central banks walk the 'not buying dollar' walk
Central banks are increasingly reluctant to accumulate US dollars, and are shifting out of the unit into other G-10 currencies, says Steven Englander, currency strategist at Barclays Capital in New York
Market spooked by 'dollar demise'
Is the US dollar set to lose its "unique status" among world currencies? Nikki Marmery reports on what the experts say
ECB looks for the exit
Michael Woolfolk, an economist at Bank of New York Mellon in New York, evaluates the impact of last Thursday's European Central Bank decision
SPECIAL FEATURE: CLS settlement: the next five years
This month marks the five-year anniversary of CLS. FX Week and Rob Close, president and CEO of CLS Bank, discuss the past five years and the future of the industry utility
Preparing for a decline in cable
WHAT STRATEGY SHOULD BE ADOPTED AHEAD OF STERLING'S FALL AGAINST THE US DOLLAR? BEN TYLER , ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, STRUCTURED FX AT LLOYDS TSB CORPORATE MARKETS IN LONDON INVESTIGATES
Reserve diversification
Simon Derrick, chief currency strategist at the Bank of New York in London, suggests a simple, low-cost method to take advantage of any move by the Chinese authorities to diversify