Elena Rodriguez

A 27% Chance of a Hike, and the Franc Blinks First: USD/CHF Finishes at Its 52-Week High

Prediction-market odds of a surprise July Fed hike climbed to 27%, and the dollar firmed against all seven counterparts — yet nothing moved...

Jul 27, 2026 4 min read

Chips Rebound, Carry Exhales: The Yen at 162.418 Is Where the Risk Rally Gets Priced

Asia's chip-led rally handed yen-funded carry a reprieve just as a fourth straight week of slowing US hiring chips at the differential benea...

Jul 21, 2026 4 min read

Sterling Meets Its New Prime Minister — and EUR/GBP, Pressing Yearly Lows, Is the Tell

UK jobs beat expectations on Andy Burnham's first full day in office, and the pound is answering the political handover with quiet strength....

Jul 21, 2026 4 min read

The Dollar's $12B Tell: Why Stablecoin Outflows Are an FX Story in Disguise

A $12B stablecoin exodus and a stubbornly bid dollar are the same trade viewed from two windows — capital is retreating to the highest real...

Jul 20, 2026 4 min read

The Dollar's Quiet Confidence: Bessent Confirms What the Yen Already Knew

Fort Knox still holds its gold, the Treasury secretary says — the dollar simply isn't backed by it anymore. The currency market shrugged, be...

Jul 20, 2026 4 min read

A Sleeping Session Speaks: The Dollar Idles as a Grim Labor Read Whispers Under the Calm

No major cross moved more than 0.06% on Sunday, but a record 105.8 million Americans now sit outside the labor force — and the stillness in...

Jul 19, 2026 4 min read

Yen and Franc End the Week Pinned at Their Lows as a Silent Sunday Leaves the Carry Fully Loaded

No major cross moved more than 0.06% on Sunday — but USD/JPY closed just 0.26% below its 52-week high, and the stillness itself said the car...

Jul 19, 2026 4 min read

Sterling Slipped Alone: GBP/USD Faded to 1.3505 While the Dollar Held Its Silence

On a thin session the greenback offered no story of its own — but the pound bled 0.26% to its low and EUR/GBP lifted off its yearly floor, a...

Jul 19, 2026 4 min read

Sterling Alone Broke the Calm: GBP/USD Sank to 1.3505 While the Dollar Slept

On a thin session the greenback offered no direction of its own — but the pound bled 0.26% and EUR/GBP lifted off its yearly floor, and that...

Jul 19, 2026 4 min read

Sterling Alone Broke the Calm: GBP/USD Slid to 1.3505 as the Dollar Went Nowhere

On a thin Thursday the greenback offered no direction of its own — but the pound bled 0.26% to its session low and EUR/GBP lifted off its ye...

Jul 19, 2026 3 min read

A Quiet Dollar, a Soft Pound, an Offered Franc: The Two Moves That Mattered at 0.8491 and 0.8073

On a thin session the dollar drifted without conviction, but sterling slid to its low and the franc quietly cheapened — two small moves carr...

Jul 16, 2026 4 min read

Sterling Writes the Session's Story as EUR/GBP Lifts Off Its 52-Week Floor to 0.8491

The pound bled to its session low against a going-nowhere dollar while EUR/GBP climbed 0.28% off its yearly floor — Thursday belonged to ste...

Jul 16, 2026 5 min read