Sun, April 28, 2024

USD/JPY

OANDA Japan: No More fxTrade, USD/JPY Margin Shift

On Friday, one of Japan’s longest-standing online forex and CFD brokerages, OANDA Corporation, announced major changes to their service.  Specifically, the Japanese subsidiary of the brokerage will no longer allow new downloads of its desktop version of the fxTrade trading platform. It has also changed the margin rate for corporate accounts’ USD/JPY currency pairs from …

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Federal Reserve and expectations

The U.S. Dollar Continues to Fall, This Time Amid CPI Release

Sterling crept higher on a slight third-quarter growth contraction. Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar dropped in early European trade on Friday, continuing a selloff from the previous session. The Dollar Index measures the dollar’s value against a basket of six other currencies. It was down 0.5% at 107.50 at 02:50 ET (07:50 GMT). The index reached …

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Dollar, Fed, currencies, hawkish,

The Dollar Losses Recent Gains Ahead of Fed’s Meeting

Early on Tuesday in European trading, the U.S. dollar fell as investors assessed the possibility that the Federal Reserve will announce a less aggressive course for raising interest rates on Wednesday after its most recent policy meeting. The Dollar Index measures the dollar’s value against six other currencies. It was trading 0.4% down at 110.993 …

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