Forex Today: Crypto Firmer, US Dollar Continues Retreat

In the Forex market, the Australian and New Zealand Dollars are rising firmly, which was probably triggered by the clear Australian election result yesterday, which sees the opposition Labor Party assume power for the first time in a decade. It is the clarity rather than the stated policies of the new government which is behind the rise. The US Dollar is clearly the weakest currency right now as it continues to decline following last week’s retreat from its long-term high price.Daily new coronavirus cases globally rose last week after falling for eight weeks.It is estimated that 65.7% of the world’s population has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccination, while approximately 6.7% of the global population is confirmed to have contracted the virus at some time, although the true number is highly likely to be much larger.Total confirmed new coronavirus cases worldwide stand at over 527.7 million with an average case fatality rate of 1.20%.The rate of new coronavirus infections appears to now be significantly increasing only in Belize, Chile, the USA, Jamaica, Panama, Portugal, and Taiwan.