Inflation

In the wake of the recent FOMC decision, the impact of the upcoming NFP figures might be highly contextualized. That means that what has increasingly become unpredictable data results could have an unexpected impact on the market. Which…
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Next week has a busy calendar, with a host of major market moving data coming out. What shouldn't be lost in the crush is two key bits of data out of Europe that could be one more piece in the puzzle to see if the ECB will actually go…
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The Earnings season is ramping up towards its peak next week, and it's already having an impact on currency markets. Generally, Forex is immune to what happens to one or another stock in particular. But earnings season tends to be…
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There will likely be a lot of focus on tomorrow's flash April PMI readings from some of the larger economies around the globe. In particular focus will likely be the readings out of Europe, as the market is counting down the weeks until the…
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After scoring a new all-time record high last Friday, gold prices have remained generally upbeat. This is an unusual situation for the historic trends for gold. That doesn't mean that the price is necessarily about to reverse, but there are…
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The UK will be releasing a series of key economic data over the course of this week that could substantially rile up cable as investors count down the weeks to when the BOE might cut rates. Evidently inflation will be the focus for…
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The markets are getting set up for a fairly predictable outcome for the ECB meeting. The most recent comments from members of the monetary policy-setting committee have largely reflected market expectations. Which means that if the ECB does…
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Markets have been under performing lately, which has been a boon for the dollar. The main reason is that the chances of a rate hike at the June Fed meeting have been receding. There is still a majority of traders who expectMarket awaits US…
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The New Zealand central bank meets on Wednesday, at the tail end of the recent cycle of policy meetings in which the tone has generally been to hold on for one more month. It seems that trend will continue with the RBNZ rate  meeting as…
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