Fundamental analysis of Forex market

Weekly Economic and Financial Commentary: Firmer Global Growth to Be a Gradual Process

U.S. Review Housing Remains in a Soft Patch Housing starts rose 9.2% in August. Volatile multifamily starts increased 29.3%, while single-family units rose 1.9%. Building permits dropped 5.7% during the ...
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The Weekly Bottom Line: Positive Data Releases Overshadowed by NAFTA

U.S. Highlights U.S. equity markets were unbowed by escalating trade actions between the U.S. and China this week. The S&P500 reached new highs bolstered by healthy earnings reports and growth ...
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How Will the US Mid-Term Elections Impact Markets?

Geopolitical risk has been a dominant theme of 2018, with escalating trade tensions, Australia’s Prime Minister getting ousted, traders questioning the independence of Turkey’s institutions, and high-stakes negotiations around NAFTA ...
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Brexit, Trade and FOMC to Dominate Agenda Next Week

Another week has flown by and what a week it has been! The biggest story this week was perhaps the easing of trade wars as China apparently blinked first in ...
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Trump’s Trade Crusade: Good or Bad for World Economy?

Key points The tit-for-tat trade dispute between the US and China escalated this week. However, the market reaction was positive, as the actions were not as bad as expected. Indeed, ...
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FOMC Preview: Destination Neutral

As the real economy is in good shape, the Fed is on autopilot until the target range reaches 2.75-3.00% (most FOMC members’ estimate of the neutral rate) After neutral is ...
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Week Ahead – FOMC Meeting and PCE Inflation Eyed as Dollar Loses Momentum; RBNZ also Meets

All eyes will be on the Federal Reserve policy meeting in the United States next week as markets await the central bank’s response to a firming inflation outlook and rising ...
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Weekly Focus: Italy Countdown

Market movers ahead In the US, we expect the Fed to hike the target range to 2.00-2.25% and PCE core inflation to rise +0.1% m/m which leaves y/y unchanged at ...
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Japan’s PMI Rise – We Expect Euro Area To Follow Suit

Market movers today Today is PMI day. In the overnight session we got Japanese PMI, which came in at 52.9 and later today both US and euro area PMI are ...
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Euro-Zone’s Consumer Confidence Rased To A 15-Month Low Level In September

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the EUR rose 0.93% against the USD and closed at 1.1779. On the data front, Euro-zone’s preliminary consumer confidence index slid to a ...
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Oil Falls After Trump Targets OPEC

Oil fell after US President Trump targeted the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for not doing enough to keep crude prices low. This comes ahead of the organization’s ...
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