The U.S. dollar fell against the Japanese yen today for a second day as the global financial markets expected the U.S. banks to report further losses and decrease the attractiveness of the world’s largest economy.
The Australian currency rose its highest value in last 25 years against the U.S. dollar as the credit markets continued to lose on the mortgage lending crisis in the United States.
The U.S. dollar showed the first daily growth against the euro in last four trading days after the U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced the government’s funding plans for the failing mortgage lending giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
The Indian rupee is more likely to end this week in a positive zone against the U.S. currency as the investors expected that the companies’ good reports will attract traders and the conversion to local currency.
The Chinese yuan continued its general appreciation trend today and rose against the U.S. dollar and other major currencies as the traders believed that the central bank will continue to use stronger yuan in its anti-inflation policy.
The Australian dollar declined today on Forex during the Asian trading session after the report on home-loans showed a massive decline in the sector and the consumer sentiment index dropped to its lowest level since 1992.
The Japanese yen rose against all other major currencies today on Forex as the stock markets declined in Asia and Europe, while the investors became concerned about more losses from the mortgage crisis worldwide.
The U.S. dollar continued to grow today during the Asian trading session as the traders followed the Friday’s trend and are now expecting some hawkish commentaries from the next Ben Bernanke’s speech.
According to the analysts from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., the New Zealand dollar may experience the lowest value against the Japanese yen in more than 10 month if it closes below the current triangle pattern support line.
The Bank Indonesia increased the interest rates today for its third meeting in a row to efficiently fight the accelerating inflation caused by the growing food and oil prices.