Forex Market

Bitcoin was trading in a tight range between $43,000 and $44,000 over the past 24 hours. Support is nearby, which could limit pullbacks over the short term.Buyers will need to maintain a price floor above $40,000 to sustain the uptrend from $36,000 that occurred on Feb. 3. Intraday charts appear …

Federal Reserve officials last month agreed that, with inflation widening its grip on the economy and employment strong, it was time to tighten monetary policy, but also that decisions would depend on a meeting-by-meeting analysis of data, according to minutes of the Jan. 25-26 policy meeting.Participants agreed that the US …

The minutes of the 25-26 January FOMC meeting, released on Wednesday, said that most participants suggested that a faster pace of increases in the target rate for the Federal Funds rate than in the post-2015 period would likely be warranted. Additional Quotes Participants continued to stress that maintaining flexibility to …

US Treasury yields retreated on Wednesday’s session, despite the significant improvement in the US retail sales figures which came as a result of statements out of the Federal Reserve that reflected the adherence of members of the Central Bank’s Board of Governors not to exceed the rate hike next March …

Gold prices found good support in the $1850 area and has advanced on Wednesday in the run-up to Fed minutes. Geopolitical angst regarding Russia/Ukraine remains elevated, underpinning gold, which is also being supported by technical factors.The price of the yellow metal is going and froing between the day’s range of …

Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Timothy Lane said on Wednesday that the central bank will be nimble and, if necessary, forceful in using its monetary policy tools to tackle inflation, according to Reuters.We are alert to the risk that inflation may again prove more persistent, he continued, adding that we …

As per a series of analyses this week, EUR/USD bulls are eying 61.8% golden ratio, but bears are in the slipstream, and EUR/USD bulls tread around with caution in a field of land mines and disruptive Russian headlines, meanwhile the price stays on course.Analysis has also taken into account the …

Some European Central Bank officials are coming under increasing heat from Eurozone governments as accelerating inflation stokes tension.Governing Council member Peter Kazimir of Slovakia defended the Frankfurt-based ECB on Wednesday against his country’s economy minister, Richard Sulik, who said asset purchases under the bank’s quantitative easing program were hurting consumers. …

The Canadian dollar strengthened against its US counterpart on Wednesday as oil prices rose and domestic data showed inflation further heating up in January.Canada’s annual inflation rate accelerated in January to a 30-year high of 5.1%, as food and housing costs continued to rise, while the average of the Bank …

US retail sales increased to a fresh record high in 10 months in January, lifting the level of sales to a record high amid a surge in purchases of motor vehicles and other goods, but higher prices could limit the boost to economic growth this quarter.The report from the Commerce …