This Month
Greenback on defensive as stimulus hopes boost sentiment
The US dollar's index against a basket of six major currencies dropped to 93.381, touching its lowest level in two weeks.
- Hideyuki Sano
September
- Analysis
- US votes 2020
Greenback picks up as US election approaches
Expectations of volatility have risen across financial markets as investors brace for a messy outcome in the race between Trump and Biden. Large banks and investors have started to reconsider their view of the dollar’s path.
- Updated
- Eva Szalay and Colby Smith
- Opinion
- World markets
China is intervening in currency markets by stealth
It looks increasingly likely that China has been intervening to suppress the value of the yuan while avoiding international scrutiny.
- Grant Wilson
Jobless data adds to bull case for recovery
A shock improvement in Australia's unemployment rate triggered a brief surge in the currency, as traders wondered if the data is the first sign of a stronger and faster economic recovery.
- Sarah Turner
- Analysis
- Disruption
Traders switch to FX after central banks numb bond markets
With bond yields and volatility at record lows, currencies have become the pressure valve for macroeconomic adjustments, as well as the main market for trading political events.
- Eva Szalay and Tommy Stubbington
Bitcoin miner is scoring 700pc profits selling energy to grid
The strategy is part of a trend that's revolutionising how big electricity users interact with the grid.
- Chris Martin
RBA keeps its Australian dollar thoughts to itself, for now
The RBA seems unfazed by the Australian dollar's climb to a two-year high, an event that merited only a passing reference in Tuesday's policy statement.
- William McInnes
August
Market economists tip Australian currency to hit US80¢
The Fed's inflation pivot late last week pulled the rug out from under the US dollar at a time of robust demand for Australian iron ore, clearing the way for the Australian dollar to hit US80¢.
- Sarah Turner
- Opinion
- Currency wars
What's behind the dollar doldrums
The dollar weakness is neither a boost to markets and the US economy nor a sign of its global demise.
- Mohamed El-Erian
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
The next virus disruption will be shift to digital currencies
The pandemic has sped up the end of paper money. So central banks can't afford to play catch-up to manage the security risks of digital currencies.
- Kenneth Rogoff
- Opinion
- Commodities
Why gold is not a one-way bet
Gold's cheerleaders shouldn't get too carried away – the risk-adjusted returns it's achieved this year are not sustainable and prudence is required from here, writes Exante Data's Grant Wilson.
- Grant Wilson
