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Head of Global Currency Strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman.
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Global Political Developments Take Center Stage
The major central banks have placed down their markers and have moved to stage left. There are the late-month high frequency data, which pose some headline risks in the...
A Random Pattern
As Nassim Taleb instructed, we should not be fooled by randomness. If you see six red results in a row at a roulette table, do not conclude the game...
See You in December
The US dollar has lost another 0.5% against most of the major currencies today, as Asia and Europe respond to the Fed's decision. There are few exceptions to this...
Maybe there is another Way to Weaken the Yen
Much of what the Bank of Japan announced today had been largely leaked. While there was a sizeable response in the asset markets, the dollar's knee-jerk gains against the...
The BOJ Unknown and the FOMC Sort of Known
Tomorrow's Bank of Japan and Federal Reserve meetings are serving to dampen activity in the foreign exchange market. The US dollar is little changed against the euro, yen, and...
Recession Recovery and the Tale of Two Dollar Rallies
The dollar-value of all the goods and services the US produces has never been larger. Two other metrics capture the recovery. These two Great Graphics come from the Wall Street Journal and draw from...
Merkel’s Support Fades, as does the Dollar’s
The US dollar, which finished last week on a firm note, is under pressure to start the new week that features Bank of Japan and Federal Reserve meetings. The...
Technically Speaking: Currencies and the Days of the Week
The US dollar rose against the major currencies except the Japanese yen last week. It also appreciated against most of the emerging market currencies, with the South African rand,...
Do the Capital Markets have a Political Limit?
In our age of disparity, it may be easy to accept that all time is not equal. Touch a hot surface; time seems to move slowly. Time doing an...
CFTC: Still Awaiting Meaningful Position Changes
Summer vacations have mostly ended. The news stream has picked up. Yet speculators have been mostly reluctant to make meaningful changes in their exposure to the currency futures. There...