Category Archives: Forex News

Japan Government: Economy recovering moderately but sees uncertainty from US trade policy

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not […]

ECB’s Villeroy: Inflation risk from trade tensions seems weak and could even be downward

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not […]

BOJ governor Ueda: Will raise rates if forecast of underlying inflation materialises

Will continue to guide policy from standpoint of sustainably achieving 2% inflation target Underlying inflation gradually accelerating due to wage hikes Will raise rates if forecast of underlying inflation towards 2% target materialises Will carefully examine global, domestic economic developments including US tariffs No comment on specific FX levels Important for FX to move stably […]

Canada's Carney rules out matching US tariffs dollar-for-dollar

The April 28 Canadian election is closing in and Liberal Mark Carney has built a considerable lead in the polls. He’s out with some comments on tariffs: Rules out matching US tariffs dollar-for-dollar Cites Canada’s small economy and the need for strategic pressure over symbolic motes New approach targets US industries selectively while minimizing harm […]

About those late-day bounces in Chinese stock markets

Shanghai Composite daily Bloomberg writes about the late-day buying in Chinese stocks this week, noting particularly strong bids in the final 20 minutes of trading in ETFs favored by China’s state-run agencies, or so-called National Team. “The pick-up in trading in Huatai-Pinebridge CSI 300 ETF and China AMC SSE 50 ETF helped the Shanghai Stock […]