Forex trading volume has finally recovered after the wave of deleveraging caused the market to contract back in April 2009. Earlier this week central banks from around the world released their semi-annual foreign exchange surveys and according to the reports, the average daily trading volume between April and October of 2009 increased significantly. [...]

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Unfortunately the forex market has not escape the impact of global deleveraging and the failure of Lehman Brothers in 2008. Central banks from around the world have released their semi-annual foreign exchange surveys and based upon all of the reports, forex trading volume decreased significantly between April 2008 and April 2009. Investors large [...]

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Last week, the NY Fed released their latest FX volume data which goes back to October.
My friend Rhonda Staskow has compiled some great charts illustrating the breakdown of foreign exchange trading in the US, UK, Australia, Canada and Singapore.
Bottom line is that volume continues to rise in the spot market [...]

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Last year, the Bank of International Settlements announced that FX market volume increased 71 percent between 2004 and 2007 and amidst all of the financial market turmoil, trading is on the rise once again.
The equity, commodity and bond markets have been particularly tough this year, causing many investors to cut back on risk, [...]

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