1st August 2013
Sterling has fallen versus the euro this morning (August 1st), ahead of policy announcements due later today from both the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB).
在英国央行和欧洲央行今天晚些时候公布政策决议前,英镑兑欧元今天早些时候下跌。
Yesterday, the US Federal Reserve said it will maintain its quantitative easing programme until the country's economic recovery improves and this had a significant impact on forex trading markets.
昨天,美联储表示直到美国经济恢复改善,它都将会保持持其现有量化宽松规模不变,这对外汇交易市场产生了重大影响。
The Japanese yen, which had advanced on expectations the central bank may indicate it is close to reducing its monetary stimulus, slumped against all 16 of its major forex trading peers.
市场此前预期美联储将会表明它将会减少货币刺激,日元此前上涨,但是现在日元对其所有16种货币对下跌。
A report showing Chinese manufacturing improved in July helped boost the Australian dollar, which had earlier dropped to its lowest level in almost three years on expectations of a further interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank.
此前,市场预期澳大利亚央行将会进一步降息,澳元跌至近三年来最低水平。今天来自中国的报告显示,中国7月制造业改善,澳元受此影响上涨。
Both the BoE and the ECB are expected to keep interest rates at 0.5 per cent. The BoE's £375 billion quantitative easing programme is also expected to be left unchanged.
市场预测英国央行和欧洲央行都会将利率维持在0.5%不变。同时预期英国央行将维持3750亿的量化宽松规模不变。