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Market players have been all over the place this week as weak trade, bank jitters, and recession fears dominated price action in the first half of the week. gold The Japanese yen displayed safe-haven strength while "riskier" assets such…

Traders were in a choppy mood all week as earnings data, concerns about the debt ceiling, banking sector jitters, and the Fed's narrowing outlook weighed on sentiment. Stock and commodity indices managed to rally around the middle of the…

This week's inflation and employment data highlighted monetary policy trends and their impact on economic growth. Unfortunately for risk assets, this week's data indicated a prolonged period of rising interest rates even amid signs of…