With no news releases for either the euro or dollar today markets have continued to focus on the issue of sovereign debt and speculate whether the euro can survive this current (which of course it will).  Moreover, the remainder of the week is a relatively thin one for tier one fundamental news both in Europe [...]

Just like last week, the forex trading calendar for today starts very quietly, with virtually no news in Europe other than a minor piece of fundamental news in the GFK German consumer sentiment index which came in on target at 3.2,.The only news item  of note for the US in the form of Existing Home [...]

Whilst most of the fundamental news items on the economic calendar for the euro to dollar classified as medium impact the sheer number may cause some reaction later in the currency trading session.  The day stats in Europe with a speech from Deutsche Bundesbank President Weber who is also a voting member of the [...]

Euro to dollar fundamental news is dominated this week by the ECB rate decision and Friday’s non farm payroll.  Before either of these momentous events the markets will have to plough their way through a veritable raft of releases which began earlier this morning with the final manufacturing PMI data for Europe which came in [...]

With the US markets closed today for the Martin Luther King holiday, we will see a muted start to the trading week for fundamental news on the euro to dollar pair.  The only relevant news today is a minor announcement from Italy where the trade balance figures came in marginally worse than expected at -0.79bn [...]

The fundamental news which will dominate the euro to dollar pair this week will be the employment figures in the US and the problem with Greece in Europe as it was a combination of both these items of news which helped to shift market sentiment towards the US Dollar last month.  Last month’s non farm [...]

A busy week for the euro to dollar with the three main events being the FOMC meeting and rate decision on Wednesday, which is followed on Friday by the Non Farm Payroll data as we are now starting a new month ( how time flies!!) Sandwiched between this of course is the ECB rate decision [...]

Although we have a raft of fundamental items on the economic calendar for the euro to dollar in today’s daily currency news the vast majority relate to the US with only 3 medium tier releases for Europe.  The first of these was German Retail sales which came in worse than expected at -1.5% against a [...]

A busy day for fundamental news for the euro to dollar pair which is all released against the backdrop of the G20 meetings which continue later today in Pittsburgh, with the first item of news being the M3 money supply figures forecast at 2.7% against a previous of 3.0%. This figure measures the change in [...]

Following the excitement of Wednesday’s FOMC statement and rate decision which was generally received with little surprise, the currency markets return to normal today with the usual round of fundamental news on the economic calendar for the euro to dollar pair, starting in Europe with the German IFO Business Climate data, which is forecast at [...]

Forex News Analysis:  euro to Dollar
Tuesday was another quiet day for fundamental news on the economic calendar for the euro to dollar pair, with very little news in either the US or Europe, which is in stark contrast to Wednesday’s economic calendar which is packed, and with the star item being the US rate decision [...]

Another quiet start to the trading week for the euro to dollar, with very little in the way of significant fundamental news on the economic calendar for today, either in Europe or in the US. Indeed in Europe there is no news whatsoever, and the only item which may move the euro to dollar pair [...]

A busy and important day for fundamental news on the economic calendar for the euro to dollar and which started earlier with the release of the French month on month CPI numbers which came in better than expected at 0.5% against a forecast of 0.4%.  This number tends to have a relatively muted effect on [...]

Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, testified to the Senate committee this afternoon, laying out the FED’s view of the current economic climate globally. The meeting takes place in two parts with a pre-prepared speech first, followed by a question and answer after, and it during the latter session that we often see volatility in the [...]

A busy week of fundamental news of the euro to dollar pair with the highlights of course this week being the the ECB rate decision on Thursday, followed by the last Non Farm Payroll release for 2009 on Friday, with the week really getting underway with the German unemployment data and retail sales figures which [...]

Fundamental forex analysis for the euro to dollar pair today is restricted to a very small number of news items as all markets are continuing to respond to last week’s sharp sell off in equities as traders and investors once again shy away from riskier assets.  The only item of news for Europe was this [...]

The fundamental forex analysis for the euro to dollar currency pair kicked off this morning with the French Preliminary Non Farm Payroll data which came in better than expected at -0.5% against a forecast of -0.7% – naturally not as important as the US Non Farm Payroll but nevertheless an indication that things may be [...]