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Nonfarm payrolls probably rose by 180,000 jobs in January after increasing 148,000 in December, according to a Reuters survey of economists. The unemployment rate is forecast to be unchanged at a...

So today’s announcement does not have much power to lift the dollar,” he said.

Later on Friday, investors will be watching the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report for January, for the latest clues on the...

The BOJ’s move today didn’t have much of a forex market impact, as many market participants don’t believe the BOJ wants to further expand its balance sheet,” said Masashi Murata, currency strategist...

The BOJ also increased the amount of its planned buying in five- to 10-year JGBs to 450 billion yen from the previous 410 billion, an amount it had kept since late August.

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On Friday, the BOJ offered to buy an unlimited amount of JGBs with more than five to 10 years left to maturity at 2 basis points above the previous close, which is 0.110 percent -- the same level at...

The euro edged down 0.1 percent on the day to $1.2506 , but remained within sight of last week’s 3-year high of $1.2538. For the week, it was up 0.6 percent.

Against its Japanese counterpart, the...

A survey released on Thursday showed eurozone manufacturing continued to boom last month, supporting expectations that the European Central Bank is on track to normalise monetary policy.

�It�s kind of counterintuitive. You�d think that with rates up, the dollar would be up, but investors are focusing their interest elsewhere,� such as further evidence that the European economy is...

The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major rivals, inched 0.1 percent higher to 88.758 , holding above a three-year low of 88.429 set one week ago but still down 0.4...

* Yen slips after special BOJ bond-buying operation

* Dollar index edges away from last week�s three-year low

* Strong manufacturing survey underpins euro

* U.S. jobs report in focus later...

As for the commodity sector, Gold is testing the bear's commitments in a low volatility environment withhiger betas doing well. Copper and oil were both higher also. However, AUD/USD was unable to...

With the BoJ jawboning this week, USD/JPY climbed from 109.20 to 109.75 (Jan 26 high) and then drifted back to 109.25, little changed on the day with the Tenkan now at 109.75-77, ( an area bulls need...

EUR/GBP was recovering from the 0.8720 lows with the euro advancing and extending the freak bid to 1.2385 vs the greenback in teh European session. Cable dropped to 1.4226 in Europe and then to...

GBP/USD was choppy, helped to 1.4275, a 6-day high, by early fix-related buying. The pair fell on the UK data with a miss in the UK mfg PMI to seven-month lows but was rescued by the sentiment for...

As for other currencies, EUR/USD performed well, capped on a number of attempts through 1.2520, closing up 0.82% on the day, having posted a daily high at 1.2523 and low at 1.2385. The single...

The Atlanta Fed upgraded its model prediction for Q1 GDP from 4.2% to 5.4% (annualised). Otherwise, data was mixed. Markit manufacturing PMI arrived at 55.5 (vs 54.9) while the ISM manufacturing...

The benchmark US 10yr treasury yields rose from 2.72% to 2.79% - another fresh high since April 2014, while 2yr yields ranged between 2.14% and 2.17% - the latter the highest since 2008. The Fed fund...

Markets are also concerned about the resurgent inflation picture, coupled with tightness in the labour market which should be compelling in respect to the Fed's path of interest rate hikes going...

The political environment remains a catalyst in the FX space with continued concerns over the deficit spending requirements while otherwise, traders are now focused on the forthcoming nonfarm...

Despite higher yields, the US dollar was mostly lower with the DXY dropping to fresh lows within a day's range of between 88.555 - 89.328 (heavily weighted to the euro, lowest level in more than four...