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EURUSD has forced those with a bearish conviction to reconsider their outlook in recent weeks. The single currency is now up a healthy 570 pips since the March 10th ECB low at 1.0820 and a massive 880 pips since the December 3rd, 2015 ECB low at 1.0515...

Greece has demanded an explanation from the IMF over a leaked conversation in which top officials allegedly discuss the Greek bailout. A transcript, published by Wikileaks, shows the officials discussing ways of putting pressure on Greece, Germany and the EU to get them to wrap up talks...

If we have learned anything from bull markets and bear markets, it is this: neither of them lasts indefinitely. This facts precipitating the global financial crisis of 2008 were covered in the financial press, ad-nauseam...

2016 was greeted with a bout of nerves over the fate of the Chinese economy and, perversely, a weak oil price. To a first approximation, American markets have recovered the ground lost, but European and Japanese markets remain well below the values seen at New Year...

Japan is witnessing a record number of compensation claims related to death from overwork, or "karoshi", a phenomenon previously associated with the long-suffering "salary man" that is increasingly afflicting young and female employees. Labor demand, with 1...

This month’s jobs report was always going to be a tough one to predict – are they ever easy? But on this occasion it was extremely difficult because the nonfarm payrolls data was released before two of the most reliable leading indicators, the ISM Services and Manufacturing PMIs...

This week saw some interesting developments across the markets. Near term confirmation targets are approaching and the coming week could bring some explosive action for certain markets. So let’s try and get in position for those moves...

With second-tier data on tap for the week ahead, the British Pound may continue to consolidate ahead of the next Bank of England (BoE) interest-rate decision on April 14, but fresh rhetoric from Fed officials may generate a near-term rebound in GBP/USD as Chair Janet Yellen endorses a more dovish...

Friday’s jobs numbers, the closely watched data that can provide a deeper look into the economy, were mostly good, and while the markets took some time to digest them, they initially reacted well. Will that happen again this week? Markets also cheered a better-than-expected jump in activity at U...

A slowly improving economy is pulling discouraged Americans into the workforce, although some are having to settle for part-time jobs for now. That’s the message from the March employment report issued by the Labor Department Friday in Washington...

America's central bank has two goals: get the country to full employment and keep the costs of goods stable. The Federal Reserve can put a fat check mark next to those goals. So why is the central bank so hesitant to raise interest rates from almost near zero? The U.S...

Almost every Forex and Futures trader that we have spoken to has admitted to, at some point, taking a trade outside their method and/or outside their risk tolerance...

Almost one month ago I mentioned two areas on AUDJPY that were likely to test bullish conviction. The first area of resistance broke down the very next day and triggered what would eventually become a 330-pip rally. The second area, on the other hand, was much stronger than the first. The 86...

At the end of a tough quarter, the fraught debate over how policymakers should tackle the world's economic woes gets another airing in the coming week as central banks on both sides of the Atlantic publish minutes. Solid growth in U.S...

Economists are forecasting that a healthy 205,000 jobs were created in March, but the numbers may not add up as expected. Key in Friday's March employment report will be average hourly wages, expected to rise 0.3 percent and the labor participation rate, which has been edging up since October...