The Forex Capsule captures daily changes and the fundamental factors that are behind them. Inside, you will find economic releases from around the world, weekly charts, as well as analysis and expert commentaries. Each week’s data is “encapsulated” into easy to access archives designed for analyzing past market behavior.
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The dollar rose against most major currencies Friday. The yen fell modestly and other key currencies cut
losses after US stocks partly recovered from steep losses on hopes that the G-7 will take coor- dinated steps
this weekend to confront the global financial crisis. The Australian and Canadian dollars dropped as
commodity prices plunged...
After the Dow plunged in late trading yesterday, the rest of the world followed suit. Japan's key index was off almost 10% and stocks in Europe and the UK were down 8% and 7% respectively. That fueled further risk aversion and gains for the Yen and Swiss Franc. The Loonie continued to plummet as commodity prices fell further...
US Interest Rate Decision
Expected
Actual
1.5%
October 8, 2008
The Fed, ECB, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, and the Swiss National Bank all cut their benchmark rates by half a percentage point, in an unprecedented coordinated effort to ease the economic effects of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression....
