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EURUSD Forecast: ECB Policies vs FED Policies
EURUSD Forecast: EURUSD is trading above of its key consolidation ahead of FOMC minutes
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Crude Oil Update: Geo-political Risks vs FOMC Policies
Crude Oil Update: in light of increasing geo-political risks, environmental risks, OPEC+ quota alignment, and anticipated summer season demand, oil is surpassing 2-month highs. Where is the next resistance?
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Crude Oil Outlook: Monthly Close Ahead of FOMC Minutes Week
Crude Oil Outlook: Crude oil breaks above its 7-day consolidation, and key 82 level ahead of monthly close.
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Dow Jones Forecast: FOMC Minutes Delay New Record Highs
Dow Jones Forecast: Market euphoria was halted by hawkish FOMC minutes. Will charts be able to reflect resiliency?
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Crude Oil, Nat Gas Analysis: Oil Inventories Increase and NGAS Next in Sight
Crude Oil, Nat Gas Analysis: Q1 2024 has seen a positive shift in energy trends, driven by an accelerating Chinese economy and changing inventory levels. Is there an opposite outlook for Q2?
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Crude Oil Analysis: Rates and Inventories
Crude Oil Analysis: Crude oil has rebounded from its largest yearly correction twice, driven by negative U.S inventory results for the past two weeks. Will there be a third rebound on Wednesday?
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EURUSD Outlook: FOMC Minutes and Flash PMI on the Horizon
EURUSD Outlook: Following the slight cooling of U.S inflation, markets embraced a euphoric sentiment. Will the upcoming FOMC minutes calm it down or amplify it further?
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FOMC Minutes: Inflation is still main risk
Despite the hawkishness of the FOMC Minutes, the US Dollar barely budged while stock markets sold off
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FOMC Minutes show Fed hiking rates at a slower pace
Based on today’s FOMC Minutes it appears that the Fed wants to hike rates at a slower pace in December than it did in November.
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European Open: RBNZ deliver a hawkish 75bp hike, FOMC minutes up next
As if 75bp was not enough, the RBNZ came out swinging by increasing their terminal rate much higher than we anticipated.
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FOMC Minutes show Fed is serious about inflation
With the Fed raising 75bps at its September meeting, the FOMC Minutes noted that the risks of doing too little outweighed the risk of doing too much.
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FOMC Minutes show Fed is serious about inflation
With the Fed raising 75bps at its September meeting, the FOMC Minutes noted that the risks of doing too little outweighed the risk of doing too much.
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FOMC Minutes: “More restrictive stance” to come?
The FOMC Minutes from the June 14-15,2022 meeting told a story of a scared Fed that will do anything to stop inflation from increasing, even if it means slowing growth.
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FOMC Minutes: Good stuff, but nothing markets didn’t already assume
The Minutes from the March 16th FOMC meeting were a bit stale, as almost all Fed speakers have been hawkish lately.
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FOMC Minutes extremely hawkish, pushing stocks lower and USD/JPY higher
Members suggested that it could be appropriate to begin to reduce the size of the Federal Reserves’ balance sheet relatively soon after raising rates
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FOMC Minutes seem a bit more hawkish than Powell led markets to believe
Markets may know more when Powell and Treasury Secretary Yellen testify in front of Congress on Tuesday.
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Asian Open: Equities Extend Losses as Fed moves Closer to Tapering
Whilst divisions remain among the ranks, the Fed minutes revealed ‘most members’ are on board to taper which pushed already-fragile equity markets lower in the last hour of trade.
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FOMC minutes: “Most” Fed members see taper this year…but “several” still don’t
As it turns out, the minutes only emphasized the central bankers’ uncertainty about the path of the economy and monetary policy heading into 2022...
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FOMC minutes: More details from the Fed, but no more clarity
Below the surface, some FOMC policymakers are starting to question whether the risks of QE and low interest rates may be starting to outweigh the benefits...
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European Open: Ivey PMI and FOMC Minutes in Focus
Currency markets are in holding patterns ahead of the highly anticipated FOMC minutes, where traders will seek further clues surrounding any Fed tapering.
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Asian Open: Risk-Off Ahead of FOMC Minutes as OPEC+ Cancels
The cancellation of the OPEC+ meeting ahead of FOMC minutes proved too much for sentiment, seeing USD, JPY and bond prices higher whilst commodities, equities and yields fell.
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European Open: Tight Ranges Ahead Inflation Data and FOMC Minutes
Ranges for currencies overnight were very small but, with the UK set to release a host of inflation data (as does Europe and Canada along with FOMC minutes later), hopefully it should wake markets up.
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US Futures turn higher, watch LOW, TGT, MRNA, JNJ, URBN
The S&P 500 Futures are rebounding after they closed in the red yesterday, halting a three-session rally.