After starting the week with gains, the euro has been on a nasty slide, which has continued on Friday. EUR/USD has dropped below the symbolic 1.10 level in the European session and is at its lowest level since June 2020. Fire at Ukraine nuclear plant sends euro lower The intensified fighting which is raging in […]
The euro has posted slight gains in the European session, as it trades around 1.1450. Thursday was an absolute barn-burner, as EUR/USD surged 1.18%, its best one-day performance since December 2020. Lagarde beats a retreat on rates The ECB did not raise rates at its meeting on Thursday, but some tweaks in the statement and […]
The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept interest rates at zero but Christine Lagarde, ECB’s president, said there was “unanimous concern” among policy makers about inflation. “Compared with our expectations...
What started off as a calm week has turned into a rout. The euro is down 0.83% in the North American session and has fallen into 1.11 territory for the first time since June 2020. The currency has taken a nasty spill this week, falling a massive 1.73%. US GDP outperforms The markets are still […]
The euro has edged lower at the start of the week and dipped below the 1.13 line in the European session. EUR/USD is trading at 1.1315 in the North American session, down 0.25% on the day, as the US dollar is broadly higher. German PMIs outperform The week started with strong German data, as PMIs […]
The euro is steady on Thursday, as EUR/USD trades at 1.1330 in the North American session. Eurozone CPI hits 5.0% Inflation has been the buzzword across the major economies, boosted by soaring energy costs and supply bottlenecks which have resulted in shortages in some products. In the eurozone, inflation ticked up from 4.9% to 5.0% […]
It’s a quiet start to the week for the euro, which is trading just above the 1.14 line in the North American session. The US markets are closed today for Martin Luther King Day, so it’s likely to remain an uneventful day for EUR/USD. There are no tier-1 events on the schedule on Monday, but […]