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  • Dollar Muscles Up on Fed Comments, Aussie Suffers Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 11:56 PM ET

    The dollar bounded up to a three-year high against a basket of major currencies in Asia on Thursday, squeezed higher after Treasury yields jumped after the Federal Reserve's comments.

  • Bernanke Spurs Dollar to New 4 1/2-Year High Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 1:52 PM ET
    Federal Reserve Building, Washington, D.C.

    The dollar rallied to trade at a fresh 4 1/2-year high against the yen after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that holding interest rates too low for too long has its risks.

  • Dollar Dips vs Euro on Remarks From Fed's Bullard Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 4:50 PM ET
    Newly redesigned $100 notes lay in stacks at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on May 20, 2013 in Washington, DC.

    The U.S. dollar fell against the euro on Tuesday after St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard dented expectations the U.S. central bank may taper its bond purchases.

  • Dollar Falls as Fed Tapering Seen as Uncertain Monday, 20 May 2013 | 5:19 PM ET

    The U.S. dollar fell against the euro and yen on Monday as traders pared back expectations Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would hint at tapering bond purchases this week.

  • Dollar Rockets vs. Yen on Strong Consumer Sentiment Friday, 17 May 2013 | 4:03 PM ET

    The dollar rose against a swath of currencies on Friday, rocketing to 4 1/2-year high against Japan's yen.

  • Dollar Rallies Late After Fed Easing Comments Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 5:02 PM ET

    The U.S. dollar recovered to trade higher against the euro and yen late Thursday afternoon in a volatile session that saw the U.S. currency swing between gains and losses.

  • Buoyant Dollar Pushes Euro to Six-Week Low Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 3:55 PM ET

    The euro fell to a six-week low against a buoyant dollar on Wednesday, hurt by an unexpectedly large contraction of the euro zone economy.

  • METALS-Copper falls as European growth figures hurt euro Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 3:59 AM ET

    SINGAPORE, May 15- London copper fell to its lowest in more than a week on Wednesday, as weak European growth data hurt the euro, while dimming prospects for demand growth in top metals consumer China hurt the outlook for metals.

  • Yen Keeps Falling, Hits 4 1/2-Year Low vs. Dollar Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 6:25 PM ET

    The yen fell against the dollar on Tuesday for a fourth straight session, hitting its lowest level in 4 1/2 years as signs that the U.S. economy is improving.

  • Short Story: Sterling Expected to Fall Further Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 8:21 AM ET

    Despite recent positive data for the U.K. economy, analysts believe sterling will move even lower this week with the latest inflation report on Wednesday.

  • Market Rallies Must Trickle to Real Economy  Monday, 13 May 2013 | 7:45 PM ET

    Kathy Lien, Managing Director of BK Asset Management says the global economy will be in trouble if the market rallies don't transpire into increased business and consumer confidence.

  • Rising US Retail Sales Push Dollar Higher vs. Yen Monday, 13 May 2013 | 6:27 PM ET

    The dollar gained for a third straight session against the yen and euro on Monday as data showing a rise in U.S. retail sales assuaged fears of an economic slowdown.

  • Yen Hits 4-Year Low as Japanese Invest Overseas Friday, 10 May 2013 | 4:55 PM ET

    The yen tumbled to its lowest in more than four years against the dollar on Friday on data showing Japanese investors were buying more foreign assets.

  • *Australia, Korea cut rates, NZ intervenes. Fears that a global currency war is brewing were fuelled when the Reserve Bank of Australia and Bank of Korea both cut interest rates this week, citing the strength of their currencies as one of the reasons to act.

  • The U.S. dollar skyrocketed to its highest level against the Japanese yen in over four years on Thursday, piercing the key technical and psychological 100 yen-per-dollar mark.

  • Should you Short Sterling Against Euro?   Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 6:55 AM ET

    Geoffrey Yu, FX strategist at UBS, comments on the British pound and advises being short sterling against the euro.

  • The Central Bank Rate Cut Bandwagon   Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 12:20 AM ET

    Greg Matwejev, Director, FX Hedge Fund Sales and Trading at Newedge says the Bank of Korea rate cut was not really a surprise considering previous easing from other major central banks. John Woods, Chief Investment Strategist at Citi Private Bank joins in the conversation.

  • China Trade Data Distortions  Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 12:05 AM ET

    John Woods, Chief Investment Strategist at Citi Private Bank says the China trade data surplus could have been distorted by over-reporting from exporters.

  • The Hunt for Yield  Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 7:10 PM ET

    Stuart Oakley, Managing Director, Asian Currency Trading at Nomura says global central banks are punishing the consumers for being stingy. He also states his reasons for recommending investors to be short U.S. Dollar & long Chinese yuan.

  • Euro Up as German Data Tempers Rate Cut Prospects Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 5:01 PM ET

    The euro rose against the dollar after an unexpected rise in German industrial output was seen making a near-term euro zone interest rate cut less likely.