22 October 2018 U.S. Dollar Eyes Midterm Elections Test

The Dollar is likely to remain on its front foot over coming weeks as the midterm election draws closer, but the trajectory of the greenback into year-end and beyond will depend heavily on the outc…

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21 October 2018 The Pound-to-Dollar Rate in the Week Ahead: Range-Bound With Marginal Upside Skew

The GBP/USD rate is currently trading within a sideways range between a 1.2930 floor and a 1.3290 ceiling high, and it is likely to continue oscillating within that range in the week ahead.

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19 October 2018 Pound-to-Dollar Rate in Danger of Further Losses as "Domestic Political Storm" Brews Over London

The Pound has handed back all of its October gains over the Dollar heading into the weekend after the Brexit negotiations appeared to hit another roadblock.

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18 October 2018 Pound-to-Dollar Rate: The Fed's Push to Raise Interest Rates above "Neutral" is a Bitter Pill for the Dollar to Swallow

The Pound-to-Dollar rate could benefit from the Federal Reserve's (Fed) push to raise its interest rate above the "neutral" level in the year ahead, because analysts are saying such …

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18 October 2018 The Japanese Yen is Taking the U.S. Dollar's Safe-haven Crown says Rabobank

Investors are beginning to favour alternative safe-haven currencies such as the Yen and Swiss Franc rather than the U.S. Dollar, according to analysts at Rabobank.

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18 October 2018 Rising FX Hedging Costs now a U.S. Dollar Headwind

The high cost of hedging FX positions in the U.S. is leading many foreign bond investors to ditch their U.S. treasuries and seek better returns overseas.

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16 October 2018 Has the U.S. Dollar Topped? We Consider the Evidence

Here we consider the validity of the arguments suggesting the Dollar is likely to trend lower over coming weeks and months and question whether or not the currency has indeed peaked.

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