When the BoJ met in September speculation had been increasing regarding BoJ intervention. The weakness in the JPY had been impacting Japan’s import market pushing up consumer prices and higher…
The Fed is widely expected to hike interest rates by 75bps this Wednesday. Short-term interest rate markets are seeing it as a 100% probability and the same markets have a…
This week was dominated by the hot US inflation print on Tuesday. Markets were expecting another dip lower in US inflation, but the headline and the core readings came in…
The main data focus for today is the US CPI print as markets will use it in order to try and time the pace of future US rate hikes. The…
Major central bank rundown It’s time for your central bank catch up. The link to the latest statement is at the bottom of each section, so just click there to…
This week was busy with the European Central Bank, Reserve Bank of Australia, and Bank of Canada all meeting. One interesting point to note was a comment from RBA’s Governor…
According to Thomas Bulkowski, one of the most profitable technical patterns is the high and tight flag, breaking higher. According to Bulkowski, when properly recognised, it can reach a target…
Jerome Powell sent stocks lower last Friday and the falls continued this week in global indices as investors price in higher US interest rates. This week saw a tranche of…
One of the best trading opportunities comes from the NFP this Friday. Since the last speech from Jerome Powell at Jackson Hole markets have been pricing in a continued aggressive…
The USDJPY has been continually pushing higher as the market prices in aggressive Fed policy action. As long as the US keeps rising interest rates the USDJPY can keep moving…