Fed

The correlation between USD/JPY and 10-year yields has come back in line and is almost in “strong” territory on the daily timeframe.

On balance, the Fed chief is coming off as relatively dovish...

Gold rises ahead of Fed rate decision. DAX rises despite consumer confidence dropping to a record low.

If the FOMC does, in fact, opt for a 75bps interest rate hike, Fed Chairman Powell’s accompanying press conference will likely have a bigger market impact than the decision itself...

If traders don’t have this scenario in their minds, they’re ignoring one of the biggest risk in markets right now...

The Federal Reserve (Fed) is the central bank of the United States and operates under a dual mandate to effectively promote the goals of maximum employment while maintaining price stability.

With global growth downwardly revised and the Fed being more open of a recession, lower oil prices and its impact on inflation expectations is a key theme to watch.

Major central banks around the world, except for the BOJ, are in tightening mode on the back of increasing inflation.

Today’s US ISM Manufacturing PMI and hawkish Fed speakers were bullish for the US Dollar. Will the DXY continue to move higher?

Whilst the FOMC minutes helped lift the dollar and Wall Street on the day, but we’re not convinced the dollar low is in just yet.

The housing market has been a bedrock of the US economy during a period of historically low rates. Now those days are over, large cracks are appearing in the rendering.

Traders should watch the change in expectations of interest rates vs current rates.

Inflation is becoming more widespread across a broad swathe of consumer spending categories, raising the risk that it could become entrenched.

The leading indicators point to slightly below-expectation reading in this month’s NFP report...see what they're saying and possible ways to trade it!

Whilst the Fed raised interest rates by their most aggressive pace in 22-years of 50-bps, they may have poured cold water on the prospects of a 75-bps hike further out.

Traders may look at today’s press conference as marking “peak hawkishness” for the Fed, at least in the short term...

US stocks edge cautiously higher ahead of the Fed's rate announcement. Aa 50 basis point hike is priced in, but what comes next?