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I remain bearish on commodities: improving demand will not yet cover a supply glut. Oil is in a loop where higher prices trigger higher production that sends prices swiftly lower. CAD economic outlook remains highly influenced by oil prices – as they decline, USD/CAD has room to appreciate...

Rising growth, increasing inflation and lower unemployment are building a groundswell for the European Central Bank to tighten the euro. Last month the ECB said it will cut quantitative easing from €60 billion per month to €30 billion, beginning in January, and wind down to nil by September 2018...

The House of Representatives passed a bill for the largest overhaul of the US tax system in 31 years. The text provides for reducing the corporate tax to its lowest level since 1939 and to reduce the personal tax in 2018...

$8000 before end of the week? (By Yann Quelenn) • Bitcoin is back to recent its highest levels after a profit-taking period. The technical structure shows a tremendous positive short-term...

UK inflation has come in at a strong 3% per annum, which is weighing on the pound, because an interest rate hike in 2018 looks likely. The pound is trading sideways at 1.30-1.32 USD. Why is the Bank of England so cautious about raising rates...

Inflation is back, especially in the US, where the US Price Producer Index has broken its downtrend of nearly a decade. In the next few months, this will explode volatility and the bond-market bubble, when investors start unwinding their bonds – along with the US Federal Reserve doing the same...

Today’s publication of the US Consumer Price Index might have a profound effect. It will force investors to choose whether a drop in asset prices is a buying opportunity or a sell signal. Stocks continued to retreat...

China’s economy has showed a slight deceleration, but nothing dramatic. Still, to keep capital from flowing elsewhere, the People’s Bank of China might tighten interest rates in mid-2018. Chinese October retail sales increased 10.0% annually, below expectations of 10.5%. Fixed investment rose 7...

While Germany’s Q3 GDP increase of 0.8% over Q2 beat expectations by 0.2% bumped the euro up towards 1.17 USD per EUR, this has come at a cost. European Central Bank Vice President Vitor Constancio congratulated himself on Monday, stating that the ECB monetary policy was highly successful...

Tomorrow will see central banking’s heavy hitters up to bat in Frankfurt...

Kuroda, the Bank of Japan Governor, is set to speak today in Zurich. Each one of its intervention are well regarded by financial markets. Indeed, it is still very interesting to know how he will address the lack of inflation in one decade...

Collapsing. (By Yann Quelenn) • Bitcoin is now consolidating after recent surge. The technical structure shows a tremendous positive short-term momentum. Hourly support...

Continued consolidation. (By Yann Quelenn) • Crude oil is consolidating after the commodity set up resistance at 57.92 (08/11/2017 high). The commodity is trading at 1-year high. Expected to...

Edging lower. (By Yann Quelenn) • Sil(Byver is heading lower. Hourly support can be found at 16.60 (27/10/2017 low). Hourly resistance is given at 17.46 (13/10/2017 high...

Bullish pressures. (By Yann Quelenn) • Gold is pushing higher. The technical structure confirms the end of the consolidation phase. Support lies at a distance at 1251 (08/08/2017...

Slight weakness. (By Yann Quelenn) • EUR/CHF is riding downtrend channel. Support is given at 1.1610 (27/10/2017 low). Rising channel suggests further bullish momentum...

Strong downside risk. (By Yann Quelenn) • EUR/GBP lies into a symmetrical triangle. As long as prices are below the resistance at 0.9046 (05/09/2017 high), the short-term technical...

Descending triangle. (By Yann Quelenn) • AUD/USD is ready to go even lower showing that downside pressures are still lively. Hourly resistance is given at a distance at 0.7897...

Ready to bounce back (By Yann Quelenn) • USD/CAD continues to decline, but at a slower pace, after the set-up of a resistance at 1.2917 (27/10/2017 low). Hourly support lies at 1.2667...

Increasing selling pressures. (By Yann Quelenn) • USD/CHF is consolidating lower. Yet, the technical structure is still bullish. Yet, the pair has failed to hold consistently above the parity. The...