Leaders of the US Senate have finally agreed to raise the country's debt limit, ending a two-week impasse on the issue. The agreement would extend the US debt limit until 7 February 2014. Read more >>
The US Dollar Index (DXY) ended its healthy run during yesterday's US session. This was after the US government showed no signs of any end to its stalemate on the issue of health care. Read more >>
The release of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) minutes of its meeting on October 1 helped boost the aussie against the greenback early in today's Asian trading. Read more >>
The AUD/USD pair fared well so far despite the soft trade balance data from China which was released in the weekend. Read more >>
This week will start off with data coming out of China, but will mostly be dominated by reports from Europe, particularly the United Kingdom. Check out the details of these upcoming events in this post. Read more >>
After dropping sharply on Wednesday, the GBP/USD pair received a slight boost late on Thursday's session. This was after the Bank of England announced no changes in its interest rates and its asset purchase program. Read more >>
Lower-than-expected employment change in Australia triggered a drop in the value of the AUD/USD pair. From the previous -10,200, it rose to 9,100. It was a good number but fell short of expectations at 15,000. Read more >>
The AUD/USD pair has been fairly erratic since yesterday after the release of the Westpac Consumer Confidence report for October. Read more >>
The yen lost some ground against the greenback during today's session. The USD/JPY pair initially fell sharply a little above the 96.60, before picking up again prior the opening of the European session. Read more >>
After the EUR/USD pair reached highs at the 1.3640 zone late in last week's trading, it eventually fell in the sub-1.3600 level and has struggled to regain last week's levels in today's trading. Read more >>