US Dollar (USD)

USDJPY or USD/JPY is the abbreviation used for the pair of currencies made up of the United States Dollar and the Japanese Yen. Colloquially, it's often referred to simply as trading the "yen" (though of course, the yen trades with other…
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President Donald Trump, on Tuesday last week once again expressed his displeasure with the Federal Reserve. In an interview last week, Trump said that the Fed is hiking interest rates too fast. At the same time, the President said that…
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Jerome Powell, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, in comments last week said that there was no evidence that the labor market was at risk of overheating. Speaking at an event in Boston, Powell gave his prepared remarks and brushed…
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The U.S. labor department released its latest monthly non-farm payrolls report on Friday. Data showed that the job creation fell to the lowest level in a year. However, on the flip side, the U.S. unemployment rate fell to the lowest level…
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The star of this week's economic calendar is the release of US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP), which is expected at 8:30 EST (14:30 CET). Let's not forget that NFP is a nickname for a load of monthly US employment data that is all released at the…
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Summary Federal Reserve hikes rates by 25bps to bring short-term interest rates to 2.0% - 2.25% as widely expected One more rate hike projected by the end of this year Three rate hikes penciled in for 2019 Fed removes…
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The monthly payrolls report for August released by the U.S. Department of Labor last Friday showed that the pace of hiring picked up the pace in August. Furthermore, the average earnings also grew strongly over the month while the official…
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The biggest event this week for traders is going to be the release of the US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP), expected at 8:30 EST (14:30 CET). NFP is something of a shorthand for the raft of monthly unemployment data that is released all at the…
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The U.S. Senate confirmed the economist and President Trump's nominee Dr. Richard Clarida as the vice-chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Dr. Clarida is a strategic adviser for Pimco since 2006, the bond fund manager, and a Columbia…
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The U.S. economic growth was seen rising sharply during the second quarter of the year, which was more than previously estimated. The gains came despite a modest decline in a key measure of the corporate profits compared to the previous…
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