It was not the weak US report or weak-willed Japanese policy that were the main drivers of the week, it was not even bleak FOMC comments, but rather a panic on the German bonds market. Pairs with EUR showed the biggest growth, but it was not because of a large volume of bearish positions, it was due...

Active sell-offs of the American dollar have been going for the second week - those are the results of impressions caused by weak macro economic data. The statistics on orders regarding long-term use commodities was the last straw - the whole 4% growth was caused by defense contracts without which t...

So it happened - IMF has refused to grant Greece a delay in the regular debt repayment. There comes a moment that everybody anticipated. Greece's rating was lowered, banks received secret orders to get rid of Greek assets, reduce the volume of loans and deposits. Greece has run out of money. It has ...

We would like to wish each currency such domestic tranquility as present-day Japanese yen demonstrates. BoJ last meeting protocols are incredibly positive: the political course has been preserved, stimulation continues, private consumption is stable, exports are growing, business climate is getting ...

Hard times are coming. The USA are summarizing disastrous data on employment growth; Europe and China are with hopes for recovery and new Greek debts. The power of the current bull dollar trend raises doubt for the first time in 9 months. At the same time, it is now that ECB needs euro strengthening...

Yen continues to grow against dollar. It can be explained by a number of factors - weakening of dollar, fall of oil prices, ending of the financial year, finally, by tradition. However, externally, the situation with yen does not dispose to that. Regarding dollar, it is clear that the terms of raisi...

The main event of the previous week: FRS predictably retained its interest rate and removed the term "patience" from its protocols trying to clarify the situation regarding increase periods and ... US dollar fell dramatically. Most traders and analysts were hardly "surprised" so much regarding the r...

This week, FOMC meeting will monopolize general attention, although American rates are becoming less interesting for the market. Last week, all the key persons made their public statements: Fischer, Bullard, Lagarde, Mester - all of them have nurtured prices before the event. It is clear that rate ...

Today, the policy of ECB, as a financial regulator, is connected to inflation values. It seems that everyone knew about it before Draghi's speech; however, judging by the market response, it was nearly for the first time that everyone understood the real «horror» of this condition. The sensation tha...

Last week was quite volatile, and now the market needs a break for rebuilding of the leading trends. Europe is expecting not only QE parameter details but also the decision from ECB meeting on the reversion of rights to Greek banks for pledging of bonds against centralized loans. Again, we can see a...