After months of drawn-out negotiations the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF also known as Troika, managed to agree with Greek government on the next instalment of the nation's massive bailout.
The Aussie inched lower against the greenback and other major currencies on Tuesday following the release of the RBA's minutes, which reiterated central bank's sourish view towards the exchange rate of the domestic currency.
The Japanese Yen advanced against the U.S. Dollar on Tuesday, with the corresponding currency couple moving 101.52, with the next key support located only around 101.42, as market is performing a correction to the downside before performing another rally.
The Pound is losing its ground versus the greenback as Ukraine government refused recognizing Crimea as a part of the Russian Federation.
Janet Yellen is facing a dilemma this week, as the FOMC will unveil its policy outlook and overall growth forecast.
Germany, Germany, Germany. This country is the main driver of the 18-nation bloc's growth and has the biggest influence on the course chosen by the whole bloc.
NZD/USD to refresh this year's high? Why not? Especially keeping in mind extremely positive data from New Zealand.
With EUR/CHF trading comfortably above the 1.20 level, the SNB can feel almost no pressure until there is a need for market intervention.
While the Sterling stabilized versus the U.S. Dollar on Monday amid the earthquake in LA, Britain's housing market continued overheating, posing more pressure on the policymakers.
While the most traded currency pair is changing hands around 1.39 level, with bulls still aiming an important psychological level at 1.40, market sentiment has been strongly bearish during the last several months.
Inflation has been a key topic for speculation during the last several months, as European policymakers constantly warned about weak inflationary pressure and an existing risk of deflation.
Finally one of the developed economies started raising interest rates. As it was widely expected, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand was last week's main highlight, as New Zealand policymakers adjusted their monetary policy, increasing the key refinancing rate to 2.75%, widely meeting analysts' expectations.
The NZD/USD pair refused moving above 0.8605 even despite a rate hike from the RNZ, while the outlook for the pair is still bullish.
During this month's meeting the Bank of Japan was expected to make any hints on their future moves, as the world's third largest economy will have to face a significant reduction in domestic demand amid April's sales tax hike.
After touching a high at 1.6717 on Thursday, the cable turned lower, penetrating an important psychological support level at 1.66, as U.K. trade gap surprised markets to the downside.
Friday's producer prices and consumer sentiment both surprised markets to the downside, suggesting both inflation and consumer spending will still be lagging in the coming weeks or even months.
‘Forward guidance'- more and more central bankers stick to this approach now, after Mark Carney implemented it last year during his first policy meeting as the Governor of the Bank of England.
The Australian economy is performing stronger than it was initially expected, as growth surprised markets to the upside, while RBA's comments pushed higher investors' confidence in the resource-rich economy.
After months of uncertainty and not very convincing comments from the RBNZ, a rate hike was finally made.
Japan is facing a consumption tax hike in April, a measure that potentially can derail economic growth and all efforts made by Shinzo Abe and his team.
Here we go, EUR/USD is refreshing this year's high, climbing to 1.3966 even despite stronger-than-expected fundamental data from the United States.
With already three countries with negative inflation and subdued inflationary pressure in the whole region, the ECB is facing a serious need to consider adding fresh stimulus in order to eliminate all the risks of deflation.
The resource-rich economy is stuck in the transition phase, and future prospects are not clear. Nonetheless, investors are still confident about Australia's future outlook, as the economy managed to sell a$7 billion of its 12-year government bonds, making it the largest bond sale on record.
Benefitting from its safe-haven status, the Japanese Yen has been appreciating against the U.S. Dollar since the beginning of the week, as manufacturing data from Japan came stronger-than-expected, while central bank refused from adding more stimulus.