Alfonso Esparza specializes in macro forex strategies for North American and major currency pairs. Upon joining OANDA in 2007, he established the MarketPulseFX blog and he has since written ex...
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Senior Currency Strategist at OANDA
Alfonso Esparza
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Oanda Corporation
Education:
University of Toronto - MBA
Alfonso Esparza
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Worked with Riverside Publishing
Education:
St. Mary's University
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Dollar gains after Fed minutes, as geopolitical tensions escalate
Alfonso Esparza, senior market analyst at OANDA said the Fed could start reducing its balance sheet as early as September and raise interest rates again in December, with an eye firmly on sluggish inflation in the second half of 2017. Stubbornly low prices, with inflation below the Feds 2% target,
"The market is agreeing that Williams speaks for the Fed at this moment, and Dudley and Lockhart are trying to keep a bit of optimism in the market," said Alfonso Esparza, senior currency strategist at Oanda in Toronto.
Date: Aug 17, 2016
Category: Business
Source: Google
Dollar Rises to 13-Year High Versus Yen as Jobs Exceed Forecast
If we start to see that the U.S. is raising rates, the dollar will rise amid monetary easing elsewhere, Alfonso Esparza, a senior currency analyst at Oanda Corp. in Toronto, said in a telephone interview. The dollar is appreciating across the board.
"It turned out to be pretty much a replay" of last week's US Fed statement, said Alfonso Esparza, senior currency Strategist at Oanda in Toronto. "They're waiting for the data," Esparza said in reference to Fed policymakers.
Date: Mar 28, 2015
Category: Business
Source: Google
Dollar Near $1.10 Versus Euro as Post-Fed Adjustment Continues
Any U.S. economic data that miss expectations are goingto punish the dollar. Alfonso Esparza, a senior currencyanalyst at Oanda Corp. in Toronto, said in a telephoneinterview. Short-term dollar weakness is expected.
Date: Mar 25, 2015
Category: Business
Source: Google
Dollar's Advance Says Traders Look Past Dovish Words From Fed
Their concern about a strong dollar came through, andthat puts summer for a rate hike as a very unlikely timetable --were probably looking at the fall, Alfonso Esparza, seniorcurrency analyst at Oanda Corp., said by phone from Toronto onFeb. 18. They dont want to raise rates too soon and ha
Date: Feb 20, 2015
Category: Business
Source: Google
Dollar Falls Against Yen on Softer U.S. GDP Growth
"Growth numbers, even though a slight disappointment, gives the Fed the luxury of patience" regarding higherinterest rates, said Alfonso Esparza, senior currency analyst at retail brokerage Oanda. "Other central banks havelittle room to play with, as growth is sluggish most everywhere else, leadin
Date: Jan 30, 2015
Category: Business
Source: Google
Gold Futures Drop as Payrolls in US Surge by Most Since 2012
The jobs data brought in a lot of sellers, Alfonso Esparza, a senior currency analyst in Toronto at Oanda Corp.With the dollar continuing to march ahead we should see goldcontinue to trade weak.