China's Feint Weighs on the Greenback Ahead of Today's Employment Report north Overview: Ideas that the US economy is not doing as poorly as many feared after the Q1 GDP contraction was dissected helped the dollar appear to confirm a bottoming pattern yesterday. However, indications that China is considering the US request for trade talks have bolstered risk-appetites [...]
May Day: Dovish Hold by BOJ and Broadly Firmer Dollar north Overview: The US dollar is mostly firmer in thin May Day turnover. The Japanese yen is the weakest of the G10 currencies following what is seen as a dovish hold by the Bank of Japan, which cut growth forecasts, shaved inflation projections, and delayed reaching its inflation target on a [...]
Weak US Survey Data to Begin being Evident in Real Sector Reports north Overview: The foreign exchange market is quiet. The dollar is mostly little changed against the G10 currencies, mostly in the ranges that have been carved in recent days. The dollar-bloc currencies are mostly flat to firmer. The others are softer, led by the yen's almost 0.5% loss and [...]