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The US Federal Open Market Committee 12-13 June meeting will be critical. Not only will there be a decision on policy strategy, but Summary of Economic Projections and a press conference by Fed Chair Powell...

Volatility in EM FX continues to fuel speculation of a wider risk unwind. This time its events in Turkey, which are driving traders into safe-haven trades...

The Swiss franc took a big hit on Wednesday afternoon after Sergio Mattarella names Giuseppe Conte as Prime Minister as USD/CHF rose more than 0.6% to 0.9978. Similarly, EUR/CHF climbed from 1.1581 to 1.1660, up 0.68...

JPY continues to gain on risk aversion trading. UISDJPY has fallen sharply to 109.90 from 110.95 on persistence selling pressure...

The greenback rose across the board on Wednesday morning amid general increase in nervousness to Italy’s future government. The dollar index surged to 93.975, up 0.35% on the day, as the euro dipped to 1.1711 (-0.57%), the pound sterling slid to 1.3385 (-0.35%), while the loonie gave up 0...

Weak rally... but hodling. BY Peter Rosenstreich • Bitcoin bearish pattern started in March 2018 is maintained but slight buying pressure has entered. The pair is contained between strong...

We expect oil prices to firm around $70-80 per barrel, but a geopolitical shock could send prices soaring even higher. Their march upward has been driven by global demand (China oil imports at all-time high), disruption in Nigeria and expectations of sanctions on supply from Iran and Venezuela...

The single currency had a rough morning on Tuesday as it kept grinding lower during the Asian session and hit 1.1757 against the greenback...

Unlike what we might think, the energy-related Canadian dollar boost from continued crude oil prices rise is lively...

USD continued to improve against the JPY as US yields rose across the curve. With the macro backdrop of us-china trade optomism and improved outlook for the US economy yield o 10 year treasuries hit 3.128%, marking a 7 year high...

Amid increasing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East (incl. UN talks), adding up with North Korean threatening of summit cancellation, the US government is strongly solicited in the last few weeks...

The Japanese yen took a dive yesterday as USD/JPY climbed to 110.45, the highest level since February 2nd. Most of the move could be explained by a renewed sell-off in US Treasury, which sent the 10-year yield to 3.09% yesterday that fuelled another dollar rally...

Sterling has been dragged down by the changing BoE rhetoric and repricing of the timing tightening cycle. Since February weak economic data ended the all-but-sure May rate hike. Yet, expectations of monetary policy strategy has become worryingly short sighted, data dependent in our view...

The US dollar reversed losses yesterday amid heightening geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Indeed, after the Syrian situation and the Iran nuclear deal, now we got the Gaza killings following the official opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem. After falling as low as 92...

Continued weakness. (By Peter Rosenstreich ) • Bitcoin rise started in mid-April pauses, the pair is currently decreasing after reaching 9795 (04/05/2018 high), heading along the 8285 range...

The New Zealand dollar was one of the few G10 currencies to lose ground against the greenback as speculators scaled down bullish bets...

Interestingly markets seem to be ignoring the political risk building in Italy. Peripheral European yield spreads failed to react to Northern League and 5-Star have reached a tentative coalition agreement...

The Australian dollar was better bid on Friday morning as the USD rally is running out of steam, while the Aussie government unveiled the details of its income tax cut...

Risk appetite has improved globally as weaker US inflation data (CPI 0.2% vs. 0.3% exp) suggest that worries of a quick Fed-tightening cycle is unfounded. Yesterday read point to a significant slowdown the Fed favorite inflation indicator PCE...

The Riksbank is not having an easy time: its monetary policy meeting on 26 April concluded with a maintenance of its key rate at -0.50...