1. A Change of Policy From the Fed?
(Matching tags: Ben Bernanke,FED,Central Banks)

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke stated last night that the US central bank will be ready to tighten monetary policy as economic conditions improve prompting a reflex rally in the dollar especially against the ...

2. Will Verbal Intervention Lift the Dollar?
(Matching tags: Central Banks,Forex Fundamentals,U.S. dollar)

Over the past 24 hours a series of officials in both Europe and Japan voiced their support for the dollar helping to lift the currency off it recent lows. The jawboning started in yesterday in Europe when ...

3. Which Central Banks Are Worried About their Currencies?
(Matching tags: Bank of Canada,Federal Reserve,Bank of England,Central Banks,Reserve Bank of Australia,ECB,Reserve Bank of New Zealand)

Volatility has increased in the currency market due to the significance weakness of the U.S. dollar. Central bankers across the globe are starting to become fidgety while traders and investors are on the ...

4. FOMC Statement September 23, 2009
(Matching tags: Central Banks,Federal Reserve,Federal Open Market Committee,Ben Bernanke)

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August suggests that economic activity has picked up following its severe downturn. Conditions in financial markets have improved further, ...

5. Why Did the Dollar Tank after FOMC?
(Matching tags: Federal Reserve,Ben Bernanke,Interest Rates,Federal Open Market Committee,Market Comment,Central Banks,FOMC)

The U.S. dollar collapsed after the Fed meeting as currency traders interpreted the FOMC statement as a green light to sell dollars.  The Fed did exactly what the market had anticipated in terms of upgrading ...

6. FOMC: Preview of Policy Meeting
(Matching tags: U.S. dollar,FED,Central Banks,FOMC,Ben Bernanke,Fed Chairman)

Economic data have continued to improve and we believe that this will be noted in the FOMC statement. Inflation pressures on the other hand remain subdued. Hence we expect the statement to reiterate that ...

7. Wall St, commodities come off their highs – is this the correction we’ve been calling for?
(Matching tags: Bank of England,FX Trading,Forex Fundamentals,Central Banks)

The three-day Wall Street rally, firmness in commodities and weaker dollar came to near-term halt late yesterday, even though US data held nothing to really disappoint. US housing starts were bang in line ...

8. Trade War? Dollar Gains Ground
(Matching tags: U.S. dollar,Central Banks,Currency Forecast)

China announced that it will open a probe regarding the possible dumping and subsidies of chicken and auto products from the U.S., just two days after President Obama imposed tariffs on Chinese tire imports ...

9. JPY cuts a swath through the market on sustained bond market strength. USD not putting up much of a fight as gold touches new high .
(Matching tags: Saxo Bank,Central Banks,Currency Trading,Forex Fundamentals)

China's fresh data overnight looks very impressive, though it doesn't seem the market takes much impetus from these data releases, though the strength in Chinese equities contributed to sustained strength ...

10. Pound Glee - BoE Says No More QE!
(Matching tags: Central Banks,Economic Recovery,Bank of England,Forex Fundamentals)

As expected the Bank of England kept its benchmark interest rate at 0.5% and more importantly maintained its quantitative easing policy at 175 Billion GBP allaying market fears that the program would be ...

11. USD continues to crumble ahead of important bond auction results.
(Matching tags: Currency Trading,Central Banks,Saxo Bank,Forex Market)

The US Weekly ABC consumer confidence number continues to fail to rise in sympathy with the risk willingness evident elsewhere. This week's number was actually the largest drop for this index since late ...

12. Forex Risk: 3 Central Bank Rate Decisions in 24 Hours
(Matching tags: Bank of England,Interest Rates,Bank of Canada,Reserve Bank of New Zealand,Monetary Policy,Central Banks)

Over the next 24 hours, we are anticipating monetary policy announcements from 3 central banks. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will start the show with their announcement this evening at 5pm ET followed ...