Hard Currency

A week before the UK poll, Sam Hill of RBC Capital Markets and Tina Fordham from Citigroup talk to Roger Blitz about how the market views a hung parliament, Brexit, Scottish nationalism and the relative health of the UK economy

As the currency market prepares for the Federal Reserve's next move, further talks on Greece and the UK election, Lena Komileva of G Plus Economics discusses how the US is preparing the global economy for a rate hike, why the euro decline isn't greater, and the political risk to sterling

Roger Blitz talks to Steve Barrow of Standard Bank about his damning assessment on the euro, the rapid descent of German bund yields and the weak link between a country's growth prospects and its currency.

Ralph Atkins is joined by Peter Kinsella of Commerzbank to discusses the great dollar bull run, whether the Bank of Japan will ease monetary policy further, and the increasing trend by central banks around the world to surprise the markets.

Roger Blitz, joined by Paul Lambert of BNY Mellon's Insight Investment fund, looks back at the seismic forex events in the first quarter and ahead to Good Friday's US jobs data - the next big event on the currencies radar.

Roger Blitz is joined by Kit Juckes, global strategist at Société Générale, to discuss where next for the dollar, what's causing forex volatility and whether markets will be taking a more data-driven view of currency values.

Roger Blitz discusses the FOMC policy statement and the dramatic moves in the currency markets with Marc Chandler, global head of markets strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman.

Roger Blitz is joined by Jane Foley, senior strategist at Rabobank to discuss the start of Quantitive Easing in the eurozone and the rapid pace of the euro's decline against the dollar.

As the euro once again touches new lows against the dollar, Roger Blitz discusses the resumption of euro-funded carry trade and what are the biggest factors at play with Simon Derrick, chief currency strategist at BNY Mellon.

With the pound up about 4 per cent against the dollar since hitting a cyclical low in January, and up about 5 per cent against the euro over the same period, how much are interest rate expectations supporting the UK currency. Neil Dennis discusses sterling's strength with Simon Smith, chief economist at FxPro.

Vivianne Rodrigues talks to Vassili Serbriakov, foreign exchange strategist at BNP Paribas about the impact of this week's Fed minutes on the US dollar, the release of the eurozone balance of payments reports and the Bank of England's comments about the next UK interest rate rise

Neil Dennis is joined by Lee Hardman, strategist at Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi to discuss central bank strategies as Sweden's Riksbank joins moves to drive down its currency by lowering interest rates.

Neil Dennis is joined by Steve Barrow from Standard Bank to discuss the ECB's decision to raise the stakes against Greece by tightening the Greek Central Bank's access to liquidity and the possible domino effects, the Australian Central Bank's move to ease interest rates, and tomorrow's US jobs data.

Neil Dennis talks to Jane Foley, senior currency strategist at Rabobank about the Fed's apparent unconcern over the dollar's rise, whether the Australian dollar is overvalued, and why the euro appears unruffled by the ECB decision on QE and a new hard-left government in Greece.

Alice Ross talks to foreign exchange strategist Sebastien Galy of Societe Generale about the reasons why the Euro fell to its lowest level in more than a decade after the ECB announced its long-awaited decision on quantitative easing.