EUR/USD Exchange rate
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AUD/USD: Next on the downside comes 0.6200
AUD/USD extended its negative start to the week and dropped to five-day lows near 0.6230 on the back of the strong resurgence of the buying pressure in the US Dollar and rising threats of US tariffs.
EUR/USD looks nervous ahead of the Fed meeting
EUR/USD traded with marked losses and added to Monday’s retracement following the pronounced rebound in the Greenback, all in response to tariffs chatter as well as caution ahead of the FOMC event.
Gold nears $2,600 as investors gear up for the Fed
Trump’s tariff chatter, coupled with a rebound in European stocks and a more upbeat tone in US futures, helped Gold prices stage a solid recovery and partially offset Monday’s steep pullback, climbing above the $2,750 region on Tuesday.
Australia CPI expected to ease further in December, nearing RBA’s target
Australia will release fresh inflation-related data on Wednesday, and financial markets anticipate price pressures eased further at the end of 2024, paving the way for a Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate cut when it meets in February.
Ethereum Price Forecast: DeFi founder says L2 roadmap is like “band-aid” and limits ETH value accrual
Ethereum (ETH) trades near $3,140 on Tuesday as it looks to attempt a recovery from the recent DeepSeek-triggered market decline. While traders are positioning for short-term volatility, a decentralized finance (DeFi) founder weighs in on Ethereum's Layer 2 roadmap.
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THE MOST TRADED CURRENCY PAIR
The EUR/USD (or Euro Dollar) currency pair belongs to the group of 'Majors', a way to mention the most important pairs in the world. The popularity of Euro Dollar is due to the fact that it gathers two main economies: Europe and the United States of America. This is a widely traded currency pair where the Euro is the base currency and the US Dollar is the counter currency. Since the EUR/USD pair consists of more than half of all the trading volume worldwide in the Forex Market, it is almost impossible for a gap to appear, let alone a consequent breakaway gap in the opposite direction.
The EUR/USD reached an all time high of 1.6038 in July 2008 and a record low of 0.8231 in October 2000.
EUR/USD FORECAST 2025
In her article “EUR/USD Annual Price Forecast: Parity looks likely in 2025 as gap between US-European economies widens” published at the end of the year 2024, Valeria Bednarik talks about the EUR/USD Forecast and explains that the EUR/USD pair is ending a third consecutive month in the red and technical readings in the monthly chart suggest 2025 will be a tough year for the Euro. The pair has spent most of the last two years trading above its 20 SMA before collapsing below it in the last November. Beyond the 1.0330 price zone, there is little in the way towards the 1.0200 threshold, while below the latter, a test of parity is on the table.
The macroeconomic picture favors the USD over the EUR, as with even inflationary pressures, the focus will be on economic developments. Trump’s upcoming presidency may imply higher inflation-related risks for the US, but even with the coronavirus in the middle, the US economy had the strongest pandemic recovery within the G7 as measured by GDP, starting with the previous Trump presidency and following under Biden’s administration.
MOST INFLUENTIAL CURRENCIES FOR EUR/USD
The EUR/USD pair can also be impacted by other currencies, in particular GBP, CAD, JPY, CNY, and AUD. This group also includes the following currency pairs: GBP/USD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, USD/CHF, NZD/USD, USD/CAD, GBP/JPY and EUR/JPY
MOST INFLUENTIAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR EUR/USD
The organization that most impact has nowadays the EUR/USD is the Federal Reserve, the central banking system of the United States of America created with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a series of financial panics led to the desire for central control of the monetary system in order to alleviate financial crises. Jerome Powell is Fed's Chair, serving in that office since February 2018.
The Board of Governors (also known as the Federal Reserve Board) is carefully observed. The board meets several times per year and announces the interest rates. If rates remain unchanged, attention turns to the tone of the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) statement. Also particularly significant are the 12 Federal Reserve Banks that make up the Federal Reserve. These Federal District Reserve Districts issue their own statements and research data that give hints about the health of the US economy and might as well influence dollar-related currency pairs.
The US Government is as well an institution of great importance for the EUR/USD pair: events as administration statements, new laws and regulations or fiscal policy can increase or decrease the value of the US Dollar and the currencies traded against it.
Not only American institutions influence the EUR/USD pair, European too of course. And the number one organization is the European Central Bank, which is the central bank for the euro and administers monetary policy within the Eurozone, comprising 19 member states of the European Union and is one of the largest monetary areas in the world. ECB's main objective is to maintain price stability for the Euro while setting and implementing the monetary policy for the Eurozone (including interest rates). It also conducts foreign exchange operations and takes care of the foreign reserves of the European System of Central Banks. Christine Lagarde is ECB's President since November 2019.