The dollar rose against the yen on Tuesday after a Japanese minister clarified remarks about the yen's drop, but many awaited the Federal Reserve chief's testimony before adding to bets on a stronger U.S. currency. Speculation the Fed will trim its ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaican dollar today strengthened marginally against its US counterpart to trade at an average $98.96, three cents lower than it closed on Friday.

Gold Silver GLD IAU SLV After seven straight session losses, Gold reversed course on Monday posting a strong gain. The precious metal's fortunes improved as equities slipped and the U.S. dollar declined against other currencies. Gold futures for June ...

The June U.S. Dollar Index is posting a gain this morning, reversing Monday's weaker trade. The catalyst behind the overnight strength is the weaker Japanese Yen, British Pound and Australian Dollar.

Quantitative Easing is the term given to the Federal Reserve's policy of printing 1,000 billion new dollars annually in order to finance the US budget deficit by purchasing US Treasury bonds and to keep the prices high of debt-related derivatives on ...

USD/CAD remains at high levels, as the pair continues to flirt with the 1.03 line. In early North American trading, USD/CAD was trading in the high-1.02 range.

A set of better-than-expected Q1 earnings reports, a marginally improving jobs picture, falling demand for raw materials globally and an increase in central bank interest rate cuts have helped the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) resume its upward path.

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I have included one Elliott Wave count of gold at the very end...it is not important to understand the wave count, just the implied direction, which should be hinted at the US Dollar Index. I was following a pattern for 5 years that changed due to one ...

The Australian dollar was back in favour overnight after the US government was warned it will be downgraded again unless it deals with its debts.