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USD/JPY's price action this week is providing a strong signal given the yen's usually bullish seasonal backdrop.

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Swiss inflation kicks of economic data today, where a hot print could increase expectations of another 50bp hike from the SNB.

The US CPI report is now THE single economic release with the largest expected market movement, so traders should absolutely have this release marked with the bullet on their calendars.

The January Consumer Confidence report is a reminder that the US economy is like a rollercoaster ride, full of ups and downs.

Speculation that the BOJ will be forced to step away from their ultra-loose monetary policy has only intensified with producer prices reverting back to double digits.

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There’s only one problem with the Fed pivot narrative: Traders aren’t buying it (yet, at least)!

If inflation prints at expectations, it would be the first meaningful decline in the annualized inflation rate since the depths of the COVID recession...

A war nearly 5,000 miles from Washington DC with minimal direct economic implications on the US will not deter the Fed from raising interest rates this month...

It was a volatile week of trade amidst the carnage of Russia’s invasion, of Ukraine, and traders would be wise to remain nimble as the situation remains fluid.

The just-released Conference Board Consumer Confidence report showed the headline consumer confidence index rose to 115.8...

With Omicron symptoms seemingly less severe than originally feared US equity markets were higher overnight.

US markets are closed just after lunch today. But that is not to say it will be a dull session if price action overnight is anything to go by.

Yields differentials remain favourable for the USD/JPY bull case, which finally broke above 115 for the fort time since March 2017.

In retrospect, it’s clear why Biden delayed for so long: There was little upside regardless of who he chose.