This morning, central banks around the world released their latest reports on foreign exchange turnover. These numbers are for October 2011. FX trading volume declined in every part of the world except for the U.S., where it rose to a fresh record high in October. The anomaly in the U.S. may have to [...]

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I’m a few days late because the market has been keeping me super busy but here’s the latest FX Volume Data and Charts from the main central banks
London Link to Report
- Average daily reported UK foreign exchange turnover was $2,191 billion in April 2011, 23% higher than in October 2010, and 30% higher than [...]

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Back in September, the Bank of International Settlements announced that daily FX volume reached $4 trillion, a 20% growth from 2007. At the time, they said that the increase in turnover was due largely to the activity of “other financial institutions” which basically meant everyone except for banks dealing in FX and importers/exports (non-financial [...]

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Here is a great interview featuring my colleague Boris Schlossberg talking about the surge in FX volume

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This morning the Bank of International Settlements released its Triennial FX survey which is basically the market’s benchmark for forex volume and turnover. To no one’s surprise, volume has surged over the past 3 years. Between April 2007 and April 2010, global foreign exchange market increased by 20 percent from $3.3 trillion to $4.0 [...]

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