At the end of this week, the US dollar remained stable, while the Australian and New Zealand dollars are expected to record their first weekly gain in seven weeks. The naira is rising against the dollar, and the Kenyan shilling is stable. For its part, the is expected to have its best week in over a month and the yuan yuan is on the verge of ending a four-week streak of losses.

The dollar stabilized on Friday, but was on track to end the week down after six consecutive weeks of gains, as investors turned their attention to Donald Trump's presidential inauguration and awaited the policies of the new administration. The dollar has jumped in recent weeks due to higher Treasury yields, reflecting expectations that President-elect Trump's policies could boost inflation when the American economy is already strong. The dollar index, which measures the American currency in relation to six other units, thus rose by 0.1% to 109.08, far from a peak of more than two years reached at the beginning of

The Australian and New Zealand dollars are on track for their first weekly gain in seven on Friday, but recent price movements have been poor, indicating that short-term risks remain on the downside. Both currencies also weakened against the Japanese yen, which rose overall as markets raised expectations that interest rates from the Bank of Japan would rise next week. This raised the 2024 growth rate to 5%, in line with Beijing's target.

The naira strengthened against the dollar on the official foreign exchange market on Thursday, a day after a fall. Data from the FMDQ showed that the naira gained 1.54847 N to the dollar on Thursday, up from 1.551.10 N recorded the day before. This indicates a marginal appreciation of 2.63 N.

The Kenyan shilling held steady against the US dollar on Friday, according to data from the London Stock Exchange Group.