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Bloomberg: Fed Has Investors ‘Scratching Their Heads’: Wall Street Reacts
Conventional wisdom held it would be difficult for the Federal Reserve to deliver a second dovish surprise in as many meetings. It was wrong, and the equity market didn’t quite know what to make of it. [more...]
CNBC: Fed Chair Powell says Chinese and European economies have slowed ‘substantially’
Weakening Chinese and European economies are acting as a deterrent to U.S. growth, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday. Speaking just after the central bank decided to hold the line on interest rates this week and likely maintain that stance through the year, Powell said that an otherwise strong domestic picture is getting dented from abroad. [more...]
Bloomberg: Powell Signals Prolonged Fed Pause as Inflation Lags, Risks Loom
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said interest rates could be on hold for “some time” as global risks weigh on the economic outlook and inflation remains muted. [more...]
Bloomberg: Trump Says Tariffs Will Stay Until China Complies With Deal
President Donald Trump said he’ll keep tariffs on China until he’s sure Beijing is complying with any trade deal, refuting expectations that the two nations will agree to roll back duties as part of a lasting truce to their trade war. [more...]
Bloomberg: It's Super Thursday for Earnings and Central Banks: Taking Stock
Thursday is going to be a long day for market watchers in Asia. Traders woke up to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments that the central bank would keep interest rates on hold for “some time” as global risks weigh on the U.S. economy and inflation remains muted. [more...]
Bloomberg: EU Pushes U.K. to Brink of No-Deal Brexit
Theresa May gambled on a desperate bid to get her Brexit deal approved by Parliament, as a standoff with the European Union drove Britain to the brink of an economically disastrous no-deal divorce. [more...]
Bloomberg: This Might Be the Dollar Disaster Bears Have Waited For
The Federal Reserve’s big surprise could spell disaster for dollar bulls.The Bloomberg dollar index tumbled 0.5 percent on Wednesday, making it the worst day since January, after Fed policy makers unexpectedly signaled they’d hold their rates benchmark steady all year because of troubling signs from the economy. [more...]
Reuters: Fed sees no rate hikes in 2019, sets end to asset runoff
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday brought its three-year drive to tighten monetary policy to an abrupt end, abandoning projections for any interest rate hikes this year amid signs of an economic slowdown, and saying it would halt the steady decline of its balance sheet in September. [more...]
Reuters: Citigroup to sell Venezuelan gold in setback to President Maduro: sources
Citigroup Inc plans to sell several tons of gold placed as collateral by Venezuela’s central bank on a $1.6 billion loan after the deadline for repurchasing them expired this month, sources said, a setback for President Nicolas Maduro’s efforts to hold onto the country’s fast-shrinking reserves. [more...]
CNBC: Trump says China tariffs could stay in place for a ‘substantial period of time’
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his administration’s tariffs on Chinese imports could stay in place indefinitely until Beijing complies with a still-developing trade deal — which the president said “is coming along nicely.” [more...] |
Currency Strength Indicators
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The currency strength meter gives you a quick visual guide to which currencies are currently strong, and which ones are weak. The meter measures the strength of all forex cross pairs and applies calculations on them to determine the overall strength for each individual currency. For example, if EUR is strong and USD is weak, it could mean that the currency pair EURUSD could be going up. If both currencies are strong or weak it is better to avoid since it will probably means there is no clear direction for the specific pair.
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