Alan Hill
“Risk off” as Rhetoric Continues
Swiss franc has largest one day rise in 2½ years
The seemingly inevitable conflict between the U.S. and North Korea came a step closer yesterday...
Dollar Stable as North Korean Rhetoric Grows
Trump Threatens “Fire and Fury”
The currency market has reacted in typical fashion to a ratcheting up of the tension between the U.S. and North...
Dollar reaching its Nadir?
Economy turning positive as market expectations grow
It is perceived wisdom that rate hikes tend to follow a period of improved economic activity that needs...
Dollar Corrects but Trend remains
Strong employment report brings relief.
Fridays release of employment data drove a correction in the dollar as the index of its performance against the currencies...
It Cuts Both Ways
Commercial considerations should drive Brexit negotiations.
The other day I was at a meeting of “experts” in several fields where we were discussing Brexit “what...
Employment report to support dollar?
Traders ready for correction.
The almost one-way direction that has seen the Euro rise to 1.1910 without any meaningful correction means that, in a comparable...
Dollar Trend Remains Intact
Correction possible but no expectation for dollar strength.
The current dollar downtrend started just after Donald Trump's inauguration as President. Since June, the move has...
Manufacturing Surprise Lifts Pound
MPC facing conflicting factors
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee meets tomorrow. Despite the fall in inflation recorded in May, it is likely to...
Trump Presidency in Disarray
“Traditional” economic drivers being ignored
An economy in which in interest rates are being increased and a currency that is seeing a widening of interest...
Dollar falling as Trump Struggles
Still unable to create a settled team
Donald Trump’s inability to produce a team that is settled and able to perform reflects his Presidency so...