Forex News

The Japanese yen showed some really strong growth against the other Forex most-traded currencies today as the investors favored the Moody’s upgrade of the Japan’s yen debt rating.

The Australian dollar reached a record high value since February 1983 against its counterpart from the United States today as the USD slumped and the commodity currencies grew on optimism.

The currency market volatility fell to its lowest values since the second quarter of 2001, signaling that the central banks probably won’t interfere into the Forex trading to support the U.S. dollar.

The New Zealand dollar continued to lose against other currencies today (except the U.S. dollar) as the economy contracted in the first quarter and the expectations that the central bank will cut the interest rate rose.

The Japanese yen reached another record low level against the Eurozone currency today as the ECB prepares to raise rates in July, while Japanese spendings may go abroad to seek the higher yielding assets.

The U.S. dollar dropped against the euro, pound and yen today after the Federal Reserve left the interest rate unchanged and released a statement showing no substantial signs that the rate can be raised by the end of the year.

The U.S. dollar declined today against the euro, extending its weekly drop, as the chances for the Federal Reserve to increase the interest rates next week became more slim.

The Swiss National Bank decided to keep the country’s main interest rate at its 6-year highest value facing the risks of both a higher inflation rate and a slower economic growth.

The Indian rupee showed a weakening today at the Forex market as the speculations that the domestic companies will have to buy oil rose in the country.

The Chinese yuan extended its gain against the U.S. dollar today reaching the 20 percent appreciation since the end of the peg in 2005 as the new meetings of the U.S. and Chinese financial officials will be held soon.