Dollar started the week strong and ended strong, capping off a week of directional momentum in the currency markets. The recent renewed bullishness of US equities (on strength of earnings) and turbulence in the global markets is making the dollar attractive relative to other markets.
Updated weekly. Prices reflect daily market closings for week ending 08/10/2018…
Forex
DXY
07/20/2018 – 94.48
07/27/2018 – 94.67
08/03/2018 – 95.16
08/10/2018 – 96.27
EUR/USD
07/20/2018 – 1.1710
07/27/2018 – 1.166
08/03/2018 – 1.1598
08/10/2018 – 1.1404
GBP/USD
07/20/2018 – 1.3111
07/27/2018 – 1.3119
08/03/2018 – 1.3021
08/10/2018 – 1.2768
AUD/USD
07/20/2018 – 0.7410
07/27/2018 – 0.7409
08/03/2018 – 0.7407
08/10/2018 – 0.7299
USD/JPY
07/20/2018 – 111.7341
07/27/2018 – 110.9373
08/03/2018 – 111.1164
08/10/2018 – 110.6670
Government Yields
10-Yr US Treasury Rates
07/20/2018 – 2.89
07/27/2018 – 2.96
08/03/2018 – 2.95
08/10/2018 – 2.87
10-Yr China Government Bond Rates
07/20/2018 – 3.51
07/27/2018 – 3.52
08/03/2018 – 3.45
08/10/2018 – 3.55
10-Yr Japan Government Bond Rates
07/20/2018 – 0.039
07/27/2018 – 0.091
08/03/2018 – 0.121
08/10/2018 – 0.115
10-Yr German Government Bond Rates
07/20/2018 – 0.26
07/27/2018 – 0.28
08/03/2018 – 0.23
08/10/2018 – 0.15
10-Yr UK Gilt Rates
07/20/2018 – 1.29
07/27/2018 – 1.39
08/03/2018 – 1.49
08/10/2018 – 1.42
Equities
S & P 500
07/20/2018 – 2801.83
07/27/2018 – 2818.82
08/03/2018 – 2840.35
08/10/2018 – 2833.28
Shanghai Composite
07/20/2018 – 2829.27
07/27/2018 – 2873.59
08/03/2018 – 2740.44
08/10/2018 – 2795.31
Nikkei 225
07/20/2018 – 22697.88
07/27/2018 – 22712.75
08/03/2018 – 22525.18
08/10/2018 – 22298.08
DAX
07/20/2018 – 12561.42
07/27/2018 – 12860.4
08/03/2018 – 12615.76
08/10/2018 – 12424.35
FTSE 100
07/20/2018 – 7678.79
07/27/2018 – 7701.31
08/03/2018 – 7659.10
08/10/2018 – 7667.01
Commodities
SPDR Gold ETF
07/20/2018 – 116.56
07/27/2018 – 115.83
08/03/2018 – 114.92
08/10/2018 – 114.69
Brent Crude Oil
07/20/2018 – 72.97
07/27/2018 – 74.33
08/03/2018 – 73.33
08/10/2018 – 72.93
Misc.
VIX
07/20/2018 – 12.86
07/27/2018 – 13.03
08/03/2018 – 11.64
08/10/2018 – 13.16
Foreign Reserves
USA International Reserves (millions)
March 2018 – 125,238
April 2018 – 123,504
June 2018 – 120,897
July 2018 – 120,493
China International Reserves (millions)
April 2018 – 3,221,574
May 2018 – 3,203,232
June 2018 – 3,206,123
July 2018 – 3,210,045
Japan International Reserves (millions)
April 2018 – 1,256,018
May 2018 – 1,254,477
June 2018 – 1,258,748
July 2018 – 1,256,276
German International Reserves (millions)
April 2018 – 166,970
May 2018 – 171,469
June 2018 – 167,078
July 2018 – 163,308
UK International Reserves (millions)
April 2018 – 162,378
May 2018 – 164,686
June 2018 – 158,550
July 2018 – 162,730
I like the website. Do you think it would be possible at some point to update the 2yr – 10yr Treasury German Bund yields along with say a few other European national yields? Just interested given the uncertainties.
Thanks Will! I think there will be another overhaul of data being tracked this summer/fall, and expanding federal rates tracked would definitely be a possibility.
Nice one Dave,
It’s funny how the German and American Reserves are limited, yet those aren’t necessarily their problems. On another note I expect Crude to correct here soon, excess capacity is building while newer renewable sources are rolling out,– along with the grids necessary.
The Bond data…nice, as a slight suggestion, is there a way to change the comments so that they appear for each different post instead of as a group under them all?
Cheers
A drop back to $40-45 for crude is possible given the structural shifts you have mentioned, which I agree with, but for me a “correction” would imply a return to $60 – $70. The current $50 price is already a significant deviation from what would be considered median oil prices.
War is still oil powered, which is something to consider. Your call predates this week’s events but it is worth keeping in mind the volatility of commodities, which are perhaps most malleable to free market forces.
I’m not sure what exactly what you mean by comment grouping, but the reason your comments all appear in this post is because I’m editing one existing post weekly. I could make a new post each week, but until there’s more content published regularly, the new posts would bury other content.