Market Overview

The dollar-value of all the goods and services the US produces has never been larger. There are two other metrics that capture the recovery. These two great graphics come from the Wall Street Journal...

EUR/SEK is trading too high while normal drivers suggest the pair is overbought.The Riksbank will shadow but not out-ease the ECB and is done cutting rates. The krona has underperformed with Swedish...

The greenback opens the week broadly lower as markets await FOMC meeting. The stronger than expected August CPI reading in US would possibly heat up the debate between hawks and doves. But after all,...

The Japanese Yen and Dollar ended last week as the strongest major currencies, ahead of BoJ and FOMC meeting. Dollar traded soft most of the week as pressured by receding expectation for September...

The US dollar, which finished last week on a firm note, is under pressure to start the new week that features Bank of Japan and Federal Reserve meetings. The slighter stronger August CPI reading...

GBP/CAD Today’s support: - 1.7134, 1.7113 and 1.7100 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.7078, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.7057. Break of the latter would...

Two months ago I posted a short article in which I discussed an example of how the change in an economic statistic was greatly exaggerated — in order to paint a misleading picture — by...

This week, the Fed will have its FOMC meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, culminating with an announcement as to whether or not there will be a change in interest rates. This announcement will be at...

There is no interesting data on the agenda in Sweden in the forthcoming week. Last week we published a comprehensive report on the Swedish covered bond and housing market.In Norway , we now expect an...

The latest IMM data covers the week from 6 September to 13 September 2016To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below

“Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble. An’ if I stay it will be double…this indecision’s buggin’ me”The Clash (Lyrics) Summer vacations...

Key Fundamental Forex Events for the Week of September 12th through September 16th The following table lists the key economic data and other events that came out during the week of September 12th...

The truth is the rich are getting richer and everyone else is losing ground as inflation chews through stagnant incomes. Supporters of the status quo nearly wet their pants with joy when the Census...

If the FED does not change the Federal Funds Rate then the year-on-year inflation rate is set to rise, and we calculate it at 2.5% for December 2016. The inflation rate for August was 1.1% and it is...