September

Risk currencies were strutting their stuff like they just won a Super Bowl thanks to positive economic updates from the U.S. and from China pulling out fresh ways to stimulate their economy. We guess that traders are all in for that…

Risk assets were generally on top this week thanks to net positive economic updates from the U.S. and stimulative efforts from China, supporting “soft landing” bets. Meanwhile, European currencies like EUR, GBP, and CHF lost pips as…

Bitcoin (BTC) hit new September highs after the Sep. 14 daily close as markets digested macroeconomic and crypto industry news.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingViewTrader: Bitcoin market "feels different"Data from Cointelegraph Markets…

Can the ECB squeeze in one more interest rate hike for the road? Or are they done tightening this time? Here’s what market watchers are expecting for the September ECB decision and how the euro might react. Event in Focus: European…

Looking for trade ideas to start the week? GBP/USD is trading around the 1.2500 major psychological handle ahead of the U.K.’s jobs report release. Will the report and this week’s market themes inspire traders to extend GBP/USD’s…

UPCOMING EVENTS:Tuesday: UK Labour Market report, German ZEW, US NFIB Small Business Optimism Index.Wednesday: Japan PPI, UK GDP, EZ Industrial Production, US CPI.Thursday: Australia Labour Market report, Japan…

Monday:ECB’s Wunsch (hawk – non voter) remains in favour of raising interest rates again:Underlying inflation remains persistent, may need more rate hikes.I’m inclined to say we maybe need to do a little bit more.The idea that…

MON: Norwegian CPI (Aug)TUE: EIA STEO, OPEC MOMR; Swedish Unemployment (Aug), UK Unemployment (Aug) & Wages (Jul), NorwegianGDP (Jul), Germany/EZ ZEW (Sep)WED: IEA OMR; UK GDP Estimate (Jul), US CPI (Aug)THU: ECB Policy Announcement,…

It was another positive week for the U.S. dollar, which found support from speculations that the Fed will keep its interest rates higher for longer. But the same hawkish sentiments didn’t do the other major currencies favors, as weak…

The U.S. dollar had a stellar week thanks to updates showing the U.S.’s economic resiliency relative to the globe, building the case for another Fed rate hike ahead.The Loonie came in a close second thanks to a strong move higher in oil…