HSBC's Bloom on Currency Strategy (video)
Boston eFX 16:46 GMT 04/17/2012
David Bloom, global head of currency strategy at HSBC Holdings Plc, talks about the euro, dollar, Norwegian krone, yen and Australian dollar. HSBC's Bloom on Currency Strategy (video)
RBC: Dollar May Fall to New Record Low Against Yen
Boston eFX 18:06 GMT 04/16/2012
Adam Cole, global head of foreign-exchange strategy at RBC Capital Markets, discusses Chinese monetary policy and the outlook for currencies including the yuan, euro and yen. RBC: Dollar May Fall to New Record Low Against Yen (VIDEO)
HSBC's Bloom Discusses FX Strategy (vid)
Boston eFX 16:26 GMT 03/20/2012
David Bloom, global head of currency strategy at HSBC Holdings Plc, talks about monetary policy and his foreign-exchange strategyHSBC's Bloom Discusses FX Strategy (vid)
EUR/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/16
Boston eFX 02:22 GMT 03/16/2012
(Dow Jones via eFXnews) EUR/USD - to consolidate in higher range after hitting three-week low of 1.3004 yesterday. Supported by profit-taking on euro-shorts; increased investor risk tolerance; sovereign demand for euro. But EUR/USD gains tempered by concern over Spain's fiscal health as Madrid sold EUR3 billion of 3-7 year bonds yesterday, below the maximum intended amount of EUR3.5 billion; positions adjustment before weekend.
Data focus: 1000 GMT euro-zone January trade balance.
EUR/USD daily chart...EUR/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/16 (full story)
GBP/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/16
Boston eFX 02:19 GMT 03/16/2012
GBP/USD - to trade in higher range. Supported by profit-taking on sterling-shorts; better investor risk tolerance. But GBP/USD gains tempered by positions adjustment before weekend.
Daily chart ....GBP/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/16 (full story)
EUR/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/15
Boston eFX 02:16 GMT 03/15/2012
(Dow Jones via eFXnews) EUR/USD - to consolidate with bearish bias after hitting three-week low of 1.3011 on EBS yesterday. Undermined by positive USD sentiment; reduced investor risk appetite; smaller-than-expected 0.2% on-month rise in euro-zone January industrial production (vs +0.5% forecast); concern over Spain's fiscal health. But EUR/USD losses also tempered by sovereign demand for euro.
Data focus: 1000 GMT euro-zone 4Q employment & labor cost index.
EUR/USD daily chart...EUR/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/15 (full story)
GBP/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/15
Boston eFX 02:14 GMT 03/15/2012
(Dow Jones via eFXnews) GBP/USD - to trade in lower range. Undermined by positive USD sentiment; weaker investor risk appetite; bigger-than-expected 7,200 rise (vs +5,000 forecast) in UK February jobless claimants; Fitch Ratings cutting its outlook on UK's triple-A rating to negative. But GBP/USD losses tempered by GBP demand on soft EUR/GBP cross.
Daily chart ....GBP/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/15 (full story)
EUR/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/14
Boston eFX 02:13 GMT 03/14/2012
(Dow Jones via eFXnews) EUR/USD - to consolidate with bearish bias after hitting three-week low of 1.3052 on EBS yesterday. Undermined by positive USD sentiment; concerns over government deficits in Spain and Hungary. But EUR sentiment soothed by sharp rise in Germany ZEW economic expectations index to 22.3 in March from February's 5.4. EUR/USD losses also tempered by increased investor risk appetite; sovereign demand for euro.
Data focus: 1000 GMT euro-zone January industrial production, euro-zone February harmonized CPI.
EUR/USD daily chart ....EUR/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/14 (full story)
Morgan Stanley, Bofa Euro Forecast Update (vid)
Boston eFX 18:27 GMT 03/12/2012
Update on the Euro Forecast (june) from Bank of America and Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley, Bofa Euro Forecast Update (vid)
EUR/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/12
Boston eFX 02:18 GMT 03/12/2012
(Dow Jones via eFXnews) EUR/USD - to trade with bearish bias. Undermined by positive USD sentiment; ISDA declaration that a "credit event" occurred in Greece's debt as collective-action clauses were imposed to complete the Greek debt swap. But EUR/USD losses tempered by reduced investor risk aversion; sovereign demand for euro.
Data focus: 1000 GMT euro-zone 4Q balance of payments.
EUR/USD daily chart ....EUR/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/12 (full story)
GBP/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/12
Boston eFX 02:15 GMT 03/12/2012
(Dow Jones via eFXnews)GBP/USD - to trade with bearish bias. Undermined by positive USD sentiment; surprise 0.4% fall in UK January industrial production (vs forecast for 0.2% rise). But GBP/USD losses tempered by decreased investor risk aversion.
Daily chart ...GBP/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/12
EUR/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/09
Boston eFX 02:40 GMT 03/09/2012
(Dow Jones via eFXnews) EUR/USD - to consolidate in higher range as markets await U.S. non-farm payrolls report. EUR/USD supported by reduced investor risk aversion as Greece looks increasingly likely to secure enough participation in its debt swap, while ECB reaccepted Greek bonds as collateral from banks; European Central Bank yesterday kept its key interest rate unchanged at 1.0% as expected, but ECB President Draghi gave no indication that another round of massive liquidity is in store any time soon or that the central bank is prepared in the near term to lower its key rate below the 1% level; Germany industrial production output rose stronger-than-expected 1.6% in January (vs +1.2% forecast); sovereign demand for euro; weaker USD sentiment. But EUR/USD gains tempered by positions adjustment before weekend.
Other data focus: 0700 GMT Germany January trade balance, Germany January manufacturing turnover, Germany February CPI.
EUR/USD daily chart....EUR/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/09 (full story)
GBP/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/09
Boston eFX 02:37 GMT 03/09/2012
GBP/USD - to consolidate in higher range as markets await U.S. non-farm payrolls report. No FX reaction on Bank of England's widely-anticipated decision yesterday to keep its key interest rate at 0.5% and asset purchase target at GBP325 billion. GBP/USD supported by decreased investor risk aversion; weaker USD sentiment. But GBP/USD topside limited by GBP sales on buoyant EUR/GBP cross; positions adjustment before weekend.
Other data focus: 0930 GMT UK January industrial production & manufacturing output, February producer prices, February BOE/Gfk NOP quarterly inflation attitudes survey, 1500 GMT UK February NIESR monthly GDP estimates.
Daily chart ....GBP/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/09 (full story)
Bofa: Risk of BOJ Yen Intervention Is `Low' (vid)
Boston eFX 16:59 GMT 03/08/2012
Adarsh Sinha, head of strategy for Group of 10 foreign exchange at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, discusses the Japanese economy, Bank of Japan monetary policy and the outlook for the yen. Bofa: Risk of BOJ Yen Intervention Is `Low' (vid)vid)
GBP/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/08
Boston eFX 04:11 GMT 03/08/2012
(Dow Jones via eFXnews) GBP/USD - to consolidate in higher range before Greece's debt swap deadline. Supported by improved risk sentiment. But gains tempered by GBP sales on rebounding EUR/GBP cross.
Focus also on BOE interest rate decision due at 1200 GMT: central bank expected to keep its policy rate on hold at 0.5% and asset purchases program unchanged at GBP325 billion.
Daily chart still ...GBP/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/08 (full story)
EUR/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/07
Boston eFX 03:13 GMT 03/07/2012
(Dow Jones via eFXnews)EUR/USD - to trade in lower range. Undermined by intensified investor risk aversion; worries as Thursday's deadline looms for private investors to decide if they will participate in Greece's debt restructuring to write off 53.5% of government debt - 90% participation rate needed to avoid triggering the collective-action clauses; concerns over Spain after Madrid last week raised the country's 2012 deficit target to 5.8% of GDP from a previously agreed 4.4%; worries over European recession as euro-zone 4Q GDP contracted 0.3% (though in line with forecast and unrevised from Eurostat's first estimate). But EUR/USD losses tempered by sovereign demand for euro.
Data focus: 1100 GMT Germany January manufacturing orders.
EUR/USD daily chart EUR/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/07 (full story)
GBP/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/07
Boston eFX 03:11 GMT 03/07/2012
(Dow Jones via eFXnews)GBP/USD - to trade in lower range. Undermined by inflamed investor risk aversion. But GBP/USD losses tempered by GBP demand on soft EUR/GBP cross.
Data focus: 0001 GMT UK February REC & KPMG report on jobs.
Daily chart.....GBP/USD Daily Asia Outlook 03/07 (full story)