Dollar Weakness Fuels an Unusual Surge in Currency Volatility

Wall Street is down on the U.S. dollar as trade unease lingers

In a week that saw an epic rally in U.S. stocks and recession calls cast aside, currency traders are just as bearish as ever on the American dollar.

Dollar Weakness Fuels an Unusual Surge in Currency Volatility

The dollar’s descent is elevating the price of hedging currency trades around the world, breaking up a long-standing market conviction that costs tend to come down when the greenback weakens.

Market guide: Vulnerable USD and scandies

Since our last FX Forecast Update, 25 April, the dominating theme for markets has been a scale back on the Trump administration's trade policy initiatives.

Gold and the U.S. Dollar: An Evolving Relationship?

The relationship between gold and the U.S. dollar has historically been inverse - when the dollar strengthens, gold typically weakens, and vice versa.

Donald Trump's fiances no longer end up shaking the world's economic planet. Coupled with the will of countries like China to free themselves from American domination, they pose the risk of a currency war.

The dollar fell again yesterday against its main rivals, following a series of economic statistics, including US retail sales, which showed a marginal increase in April, and… Macro factors pressured the dollar - ΙΝΑΦΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ