How strong is the US Dollar? – Paxforex

by Paxforex | October 31, 2014 7:52 pm
The US Federal Reserved wound down its economic stimulus packaged known as quantitative easing or QE3 for short. The ‘3’ stands for the third installment of such a measure which resulted in the Federal Reserve printing money...

How fast is New Zealand slowing down? – Paxforex

by Paxforex | October 24, 2014 7:53 am
The New Zealand economy has enjoyed robust growth which can largely be a contributor to its commodity sector and demand from China.  This has allowed the New Zealand Dollar to appreciate in value against other major currencies. ...

How weak is the Chinese economy? – Paxforex

by Paxforex | October 21, 2014 10:50 am
Forex traders received plenty of data out of China today which continue to point towards a slowing Chinese economy.  China, now the world’s biggest economy, is responsible for the majority of Asian as well as global economic...

Canadian Employment Report – Paxforex

by Paxforex | October 10, 2014 3:13 pm
Forex traders received the Canadian Employment Report for September roughly 30 minutes ago. The data was much stronger than expected, but the Canadian Dollar did not rally as strong as one would have imagined despite a rock...

How solid was the September NFP report? – Paxforex

by Paxforex | October 6, 2014 3:54 pm
On Friday we received the latest snapshot from the US labor market which send equity markets as well as the US Dollar rallying as the two most important headline figures, the job number and the unemployment rate,...

Is the rally in the US Dollar justified? – Paxforex

by Paxforex | September 28, 2014 4:37 pm
The US Dollar has rallied to multi-year highs as forex traders grow more confident that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates sooner than previously expected. Expectations now call for an increase in interest rates by...

Will the New Zealand Dollar Rally? – Paxforex

by Paxforex | September 19, 2014 11:57 am
The New Zealand Dollar has dropped sharply over the past few trading weeks and after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand decided to stop their series of interest rate increases during the last meeting, after increasing interest...

What happened to the Japanese Yen? – Paxforex

by Paxforex | September 12, 2014 11:46 am
The Japanese Yen plunged to new multi-year lows especially against the US Dollar as the USDJPY broke out above the 107.000 level only to be stopped by a very big resistance level which is located around 107.250....

Canadian & US Employment Figures Disappoint – Paxforex

by Paxforex | September 6, 2014 3:15 pm
Yesterday we saw two employment reports which painted a much different picture than what many hoped for and one which is closer to reality than any other report released in 2014 on the labor market. While expectations...