Oil prices moved beyond $100 per barrel overnight and briefly reached $119 during Asian trading, reflecting rising concerns about the...

President Trump arrived in Israel early this morning, shortly after Hamas released the first seven Israeli hostages under the terms of the recently brokered...

The deadline for the re‑opening of the Strait of Hormuz approaches, yet recent developments suggest limited movement on the ground. Reports indicate further...

President Trump arrived in Israel early this morning, shortly after Hamas released the first seven Israeli hostages under the terms of the recently brokered...

The year ends with the USD an average of 5.9% above its levels at the beginning of January. Among the major currencies its biggest gain is of 10.0% against the AUD...

The excitement on Thursday, once again, was to be found in the stock market not in exchange rates. In a two-hour stint the DJ30 jumped more than 4% before settling into a new, higher trading range.

Following a disappointing assessment from the National Association of Home Builders on Monday investors might have expected yesterday's data for housing start and building permits to look a little flabby too. That was not the case...

Among the first evidence of a thaw in the trade war is an order from China for up to two million tons of US soybeans...

Ironically, positive words from the US president were of little help to the USD...

In the back half of the field the USD lost 0.4% to its main benchmark, the EUR. The decline seems principally to have been the result of what, on the face of it, was a strong reading from the ISM's manufacturing sector...