Currencies

Gold has had a very good spring. But as Dominic Frisby explains, the direction of the dollar is key to determining what is next for both gold and silv…

Gold has recovered much of this year’s losses, while the US dollar continues to weaken. Here’s what happened this week in the charts that matter most …

Cryptocurrency bitcoin took a mighty tumble this week, while wider markets sold off too. Here’s what happened to the charts that matter most to the gl…

Having fallen 10% overnight and 40% from its highs, bitcoin is now firmly in bear market territory. Dominic Frisby looks at where it might go next.

Markets took fright this week as it looked like inflation was picking up in the US. Here’s what happened to the charts that matter most to the global …

The rise of cryptocurrencies and a move to cashless payments during the pandemic have left states and central banks playing catch-up. Are new forms of…

Amazon shares slid back this week despite results surprising to the upside. Here’s what happened to the charts that matter most to the global economy.

Governments around the world are considering creating their own digital currencies. But what are they and how do they compare to cryptocurrencies such…

The price of copper has surged to its highest since the summer of 2011. Here’s what happened to the other charts that matter most to the global econom…

Central banks around the world are considering creating their own digital currencies. It’s not a matter of if we get them, says Dominic Frisby, it’s …

Rishi Sunak has asked the Bank of England to explore the possibility of creating a digital currency for the UK - dubbed Britcoin. Saloni Sardana looks…

Bitcoin suffered another of its big corrections this week. Here's how that's affected the charts that matter most to the global economy.

In a world awash with money-printing, a currency backed by gold would have great credibility. And China – with designs on the yuan becoming the world’…

Dogecoin – a cryptocurrency created as a joke – has risen by more than 9,000% this year alone. Saloni Sardana looks at how something that began as an …

The US dollar took quite the tumble this week. Here’s how the charts that matter most to the global economy reacted.

The US dollar enjoyed its best quarter since 2018 in the first three months of this year, driven by higher US Treasury bond yields. But the period of …

The idea is gaining ground that bitcoin and the plethora of other new currencies are here to stay. But the existence of private currencies operating p…

Gold rallied a little this week, while the US dollar drifted. Here’s how the charts that matter most to the global economy reacted.

The US dollar continued to strengthen this week. Here’s how the charts that reflect what matters most to the global economy reacted.

Commodity prices took a breather this week. Here’s how the charts that reflect what matters most to the global economy reacted.

Turkey sacked its central bank governor after just four months in the job, sending the lira down by 15% against the dollar and stocks down by 9%.  

The Turkish lira crashed after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sacked the country’s central bank governor. Saloni Sardana looks at what’s behind it all…

With the US Federal Reserve signalling its relaxed attitude to inflation, markets went a little haywire towards the end of this week. Here’s what happ…

The pound is having a good year against the dollar and the euro. But it is against the Japanese yen where things look most promising. And this trend c…