Forex News

The Japanese yen gained versus the dollar, the euro and the pound today after the traders saw the signals of more troubles in the global financial system as the Bank of Japan cut the interest rate.

The Australian dollar rose against the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen for the third day today after the rate cut in U.S. and a moderate decline in the global risk-aversion.

The U.S. dollar traded with an alternate success against the other major currencies as the investors are uncertain before the Fed’s interest rate meeting today and the state of the global financial system.

The Japanese yen posted the first daily decline against the euro and the pound and the second against the U.S. dollar as the Asian stock markets rebounded and the intervention talks arose in Japan.

The South Korean won continued its decline against the U.S. dollar after the Bank of Korea unexpectedly cut the interest rates by the record value of 75 basis points today, struggling against the worst crisis since 1998 Asian financial crash.

The Japanese yen rose up to the 13-year high versus the U.S. dollar and the new long-term maximums against the other major Forex currencies today as the high risk carry trades were shunned by the traders.

The Indian rupee continued to fall against the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen today as the Asian stock markets fell again, spurring the outflow of the capital from the emerging markets.

The Great Britain pound dropped to the lowest rates in several years against the dollar and the yen and the weekly low against the euro today after the BoE Governor Mervyn King said that the recession is very likely due to the worst banking crisis since World War I.

The U.S. dollar rose today against other major currencies, except the yen, after the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke proposed further measures to provide more liquidity and credit confidence to the U.S. economy.

The Japanese yen fell today against the high-yielding currencies (including the Forex majors) after the bank-rescuing measures of the various global central banks helped to cut the inter-bank money-market interest rates.