The Bank of England’s (BoE) monetary policy committee meeting on Thursday is likely to be overshadowed by an appearance in the UK parliament from Mark Carney, the central bank’s governor elect.

The prospect of official reaction to the recent strength in the euro is likely to keep its gains in check ahead of this week’s European Central Bank (ECB) meeting.

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The Swiss National Bank (SNB) stopped diversifying away from the euro in the fourth quarter, as tensions in the eurozone debt markets eased.

Business in Taiwan will be a given a boost thanks to the island’s new status as an RMB clearing centre, with analysts predicting RMB100 billion of deposits will fly into the country's banking system by the end of this year.

There appears to be nothing stopping the rally in the euro as upward pressure on eurozone rates pushed EURUSD up through barriers at $1.35 to a fresh 13-month high on Wednesday. But some urge caution as the single currency surges higher.

Improved eurozone sentiment has seen sterling lose its safe-haven status and has renewed worries about the UK’s credit rating.

The fall in the yen in recent months has been dramatic, but further losses could depend on whether Japan’s army of retail investors get in on the act.

The foreign exchange market appears to have finally shaken off the tyranny of risk-on/risk-off (RORO), with correlation across dollar currency pairs dropping to their lowest levels since the start of the financial crisis.

Japanese bond yields are being kept low because domestic interest remains high, but how much longer will Japanese investors have to pay for the growing sovereign debt burden? Commerzbank comes to a scary conclusion.

Much has been made of the effect of Tokyo’s desire to use its currency as a policy tool to promote growth as a driver of recent yen weakness, but some believe there are greater forces at work.

As Mervyn King, Bank of England governor, warns over currency wars, he can rest easy that sterling is not set to become a victim.

Currency wars, traditionally the preserve of emerging market policymakers, have gone mainstream, but the eurozone is unlikely to enter the fray.

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The reaction in the currency markets to comments from Japan’s new economy minister shows that the recent weakening trend in the yen is entering a new phase.

It might be too early for the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to declare victory in its currency war, but it has at last won a battle in its campaign to weaken the franc.

The carry trade, one of the investment styles that forms the basis of arguments that foreign exchange should be treated as an asset class, has made a comeback.

The sell-off in the JPY has been dramatic in recent weeks but the announcement that Tokyo intends to buy European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bonds should not be seen as soft intervention by the Japanese authorities.

There has been much focus on the demise of the euro as a reserve currency, but it is too early to write off the single currency.

Axel Merk, president and chief investment officer of Merk Investments, strikes a bullish note on the single currency’s prospects, citing lower government bond yields.

The resilience of the EUR might well be tested in 2013 as volatility returns to the foreign exchange market.

The passing of the deal to avoid the fiscal cliff in the US opens the way for continued dollar weakness in the short term, while its longer-term prospects have also taken a blow.

As China continues to liberalize its economy and the renminbi gains in importance, efforts to make the currency international are gathering pace. How will London get a piece of the action?

Negative rates weaken capital inflow; Piles pressure on SNB

Without a currency swap line between London and Beijing, London might lack the corporate confidence it needs to become an offshore renminbi hub in the west.

Russia must employ careful persistence in its movement towards a floating exchange rate.

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