United States

The U.S. Department of Commerce released the much-delayed GDP report for the third quarter last week. Data showed that the U.S. economy posted one of the best years of growth in nearly a decade. This marks a strong period of expansion,…
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Coming up this week, we have a series of data releases relating to the US housing situation.  However, these might be a bit overshadowed considering the all-important NFP release coming up at the end of the week. We've discussed…
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Consumer prices in the United States stayed flat at the start of the year marking a third consecutive month. The flat reading comes amid energy prices holding inflation down. Consumer price index which means the number of prices paid for…
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China released its official economic growth report on Monday with data showing that for the year 2018, the world’s second-largest economy advanced at a pace of 6.6% on an annualized basis. This represents the slowest growth rate registered…
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We previously wrote about the importance of earnings season to the financial markets and how it influences currency moves. Now that earnings season is ramping up for the fourth quarter let's have a look at what major investors are…
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The last time we checked in on the ongoing US-China trade dispute, the two countries had granted a 90-day truce and were scheduled to hold a two day meeting at the beginning of the week. The meeting was extended for another day, with…
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The latest jobs report from the United States showed that while the pace of hiring slowed in November, wage growth increased to the highest level in a decade as the unemployment rate held steady. The data underlined the fact that the…
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This week's major event is the release of US November Non-Farm Payrolls, scheduled for release at 8:30 EST (14:30 CET), which comes with a truck-load of employment data that is very important leading into the last FOMC meeting of the year.…
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Today at 8:30 EST (14:30 CET) the US Census Bureau will publish the retail sales data for the month of October, which coincides with weekly employment data released from the US Department of Labor. Both of these events can be price…
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AUDUSD or AUD/USD is the notation for the currency pair consisting of the Australian Dollar and the United States Dollar, or as it's known colloquially, the "Aussie" (despite the AUD trading with other currencies, chiefly the JPY). The…
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