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The Japanese yen was the king in the past week, frustrating Japanese officials. Inflation data in the UK and the US, Retail sales PPI, and Consumer sentiment in the US, rate decisions in the UK and Canada, Employment data in Australia stand out. These are the main events on forex calendar...

A series of dovish comments and the FOMC statement have reduced the forecasted number of rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve in 2016 which in turn have weekend the U.S. currency against majors...

GBPUSD is on the brink of finishing another week in the red. The pair has now spent the better part of ten months trending lower, not including the selloff that began in July of 2014...

With everyone's focus sharply attuned on anything to do with the Fed's rate hike policy, many will probably wonder why yesterday the Fed announced that this coming Monday, April 11, the Fed will hold a closed meeting "under expedited procedures" during which the Board of Governors will review and...

Looking ahead to the coming week, data out of China dominates the economic calendar with key indicators such as GDP and trade. US and UK inflation will also be watched closely but policy meetings by the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada are unlikely to be market movers...

We always hear how important the inflation is. The higher inflation the better for us. I never liked this idea of higher prices being better for me. In this article I want to tell you what inflation does to the economy and you...

Fed officials from different camps speak ahead of Friday's Wall Street open, and they could make some waves in already seasick markets. "Market nerves are starting to get a little frayed right now. You can see it in the risk markets," said Ward McCarthy, chief financial economist at Jefferies...

The surging yen has been the main feature in the foreign exchange market in recent days, but its advancing streak has been stopped with today's setback. The greenback traded briefly dipped below JPY107.70 in North America yesterday but has not been below JPY!08 today...

•The sharp decline in equities and Yen crosses this past session had many traders' 'risk aversion' radars going off •There was little fundamental drive to spur risk deleveraging and the breadth of the move sows doubt •While I am watching NZDJPY and the pace of sentiment, I have yet to add to my U...

ver recent weeks, the EUR moved moderately higher, while the JPY accelerated sharply, with USDJPY now nearing our USDJPY 105 year-end target...

Despite a lagging US dollar in recent days and weeks that has been dragged down by dovish signals emanating from the words of Federal Reserve officials, sterling has been even weaker...

A rocky start to 2016 is taking its toll on the outlook for U.S. economic and job growth this year...

The yen has been flying again on Thursday, after the prospect of intervention in the currency markets to stem its appreciation was played down by a number of officials including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

Then policy makers switched to shifting interest rates and inflation targets came into favor, remaining so today even after being blamed in some quarters for enabling the recent financial crisis...

The Federal Reserve’s last meeting minutes were released on Wednesday. The key takeaway point from the minutes was this: a lack of harmony among the FOMC policymakers. Since the Fed’s last meeting, several members have spoken, delivering mostly dovish remarks...

From stocks to developing-nation currencies, riskier assets around the world have been flashing the all-clear signal for over a month. But for investors in the world’s safest securities, nothing has changed, and that may spell trouble...

The Federal Reserve should be patient and cautious about raising short-term interest rates, but should nevertheless increase them in a sustained way, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan said on Wednesday...

About time Kuroda weighed in, its been a few hours since we've heard from him • Japan's economy continues to recover moderately as a trend despite some signs of weaknesses in exports, output • Japan's economy expected to expand moderately as a trend • Consumer inflation likely to hover around zer...

s the yen resumes its rally, many FX experts appear bemused by the yen's insistence to rally despite reported heavy foreign-bound investing by Japanese institutional players, persistent retreat in the road to 2...

That's more like it. It appears we may have a proper break on the cards now. The decent technical support isn't down until 106.60 odd. It's not been an explosive move which suggests that there's no panic hitting of the sell buttons. Large stops are noted at 109.80 so they remain in play...