The U.S. dollar moved lower against major currencies after weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales numbers for January and an increase in the number of new unemployment claims. The Commerce Department said that U.S. retail sales fell 0.4% last month (missing expectations for a 0.3% increase), while the Labor Department said in its report that initial claims for jobless benefits rose by 8,000 to 339,000 from the previous week’s total of 331,000 (analysts had expected jobless claims to fall by 1,000). What impact did it have on major currency pairs? If you want to know our take on this question, we invite you to read our today's Forex Trading Alert.

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Earlier today, the U.S. dollar moved higher against the euro after ECB member Benoit Coeure said that the bank is considering a negative deposit rate. The greenback was little changed against the Japanese yen, but declined sharply against the British pound after the Bank of England upgraded its forward guidance on rates. What happened with other major currency pairs? If you want to know our take on this question, we invite you to read our today's Forex Trading Alert.

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The U.S. dollar remains mixed against major currencies after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled that recent soft economic data haven't swayed the central bank from a strategy of trimming its monthly bond purchases by $10 billion at each of its policy meetings this year. What impact did this event have on major currency pairs? If you want to know our take on this question, we invite you to read our today's Forex Trading Alert.

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Earlier today, the U.S. dollar was little changed against major currencies as market participants are awaiting Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen's testimony on the bank’s semiannual monetary policy report on Tuesday. What is the current outlook for major currency pairs? We invite you to read our today's Forex Trading Alert.

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The U.S. dollar moved lower against major currencies after a monthly U.S. employment report came in weaker than expected. Earlier today, the U.S. Labor Department showed that 113,000 jobs were added in January (well below expectations for a 185,000 increase). The report also showed that 142,000 jobs were added in the U.S. private sector last month, below the 189,000 that economists had expected. What impact did these lower-than-expected numbers have on major currency pairs? If you want to know our take on this question, we invite you to read our today's Forex Trading Alert.

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