GOLD: With GOLD rallying on Wednesday, we expect more upside pressure in the days ahead. to hold on to its downside pressure, further decline is envisaged. On the downside, support comes in at the 1,220.00 level where a break will turn attention to the 1,210.00 level...
The euro is now expected to weaken to parity with USD, and its all because of those banks again.. US investment bank Morgan Stanley have taken an island stance remote from other major banks in calling parity for the EUR/USD by the end of 2016...
The pound to dollar exchange rate (GBPUSD) has bounced by an eye-opening 0.8% in the wake of the US Federal Reserve’s March policy meeting. At the time of writing GBP/USD is at 1.4271 ensuring much of this week’s weakness is reversed...
On balance, the Fed’s communication was more dovish than expected, with a weaker tone on growth, but hints of a bit more concern on inflation...
As expected the Fed held rates unchanged, but in a dovish twist is now predicting only two rate hikes in 2016 vs four back in December according to the median of the dot plots...
As we head into yet another important FOMC statement, I wanted to bring up a currency pair that is somewhat sheltered from any Fed-induced volatility. I have mentioned AUDNZD several times since November of last year...
Analysts at J P Morgan see the AUD/USD trough lows holding, and the tentative up-trend advancing, although upside progress will probably be slow...
March FOMC: a press conference with Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen - Thurs 3/16 - 2:30 PM ET The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States of America...
Rate hikes are coming, but the Fed is now closer to seeing eye to eye with markets in terms of how many, and how soon...
The house view at Goldman had traditionally been that the Dollar is a weak currency. That changed in April 2014, when we became Dollar bulls, estimating that the coming monetary policy normalization in the US could drive the Dollar around 15 percent stronger...
Talk of the U.S falling into a recession has been growing, we look at the primary reasons stoking these fears. usdollar close Despite stocks near to revisiting all-time highs and an unemployment rate that is back down below 5...
The Fed’s first rate hike relied on the theoretical link between strong employment and accelerating inflation, but now that prices seem to actually be heating up, policymakers can point to early signs of actual progress on the inflation front...
Even if the markets do not consider it likely a rise in interest rates this month, the FOMC is still divided. The committee's vice-chairman, Stanley Fischer, would be in favor of a rise of 0.25%, while the Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard appeals to prudence...
It seems that #investors do not want to take risks before the announcement of the Fed meeting results. They are expected to determine the further performance of #EURUSD. Meanwhile, we continue to hold a short position. Find out more by checking out the Source Link...
Markets are getting more and more nervous prior to today's Fed meeting results, which nobody can closely predict. Anyway, it is not bad for us to be out of the market in #USDJPY now, but we are ready to enter. Find out more by checking out the Source Link...
Two leading institutional researchers have told clients why they are not convinced strength in the NZ dollar will be sustainable in 2016...
The outcome of the March Fed meeting is the main event on the day and should attract considerable attention. The USD-investors will be looking for more conclusive indications about the timing of the next rate hike as well as the likely ‘glide path’ from here...
We expect the March meeting to break as follows: i) The dot plot. DB’s econ team expects the median dots to come down by 25bps for all of 2016, 2017, 2018 and the longer-run...
