Forex Market

The US gross domestic product growth has bounced back from 2020′s coronavirus recession, expanding at the fastest pace since 1984. The US economy grew last year at its fastest pace since 1984, rebounding from a sharp but brief coronavirus-induced recession in March 2020. The increase in GDP, a measure of …

US Real GDP grew at an annualised pace of 6.9% in Q4 2021, well above the median economist forecast for a pace of growth of 5.5%, according to the first estimate released by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis on Thursday. That marked a sharp acceleration from Q3’s 2.3% QoQ …

The dollar is ending Wednesday firmly higher across the FX board, following the US Federal Reserve monetary policy decision.As widely anticipated, rates and taper were left unchanged, although the statement indicates that “the Committee expects it will soon be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate.” …

On Wednesday, the NZD/JPY clings to its gains, up some 0.10%, amid a risk-off environment. A risk-off market mood triggered an equities selloff in the US stock market, influencing risk-sensitive currencies, like the NZD.The NZD/JPY is downward biased though a break above 77.00 would expose crucial DMAs. The NZD/JPY edges …

Gold prices have dropped and now trading at $1,817.59. Gold is moving towards the close and down some 1.65% after falling from a $1,850.11 high to test a low of $1,814.98. The drop came on the back of a hawkish twist at the Federal Reserve event on Wednesday.Initially, the Federal …

The US dollar and yields have shot higher, extending the post-Fed statement gains during Fed Powell’s hawkish pivot. Bulls have got behind a faster pace of tightening than what had been priced in. The Federal Reserve did what was expected from them in the main and there had been low …

Fed Chair Jerome Powell, in his usual post-Fed meeting press conference on Wednesday, said there is a risk high inflation will be prolonged, even though it’s not our base case. Additional Remarks:“We have to be able to address all plausible outcomes.”“We need to be in a position to address the …

GBP/USD has exhibited a choppy post-Fed reaction, swinging from just above 1.3500 pre-announcement to as high as the 1.3520s and then lower again to current levels around 1.3510. There hasn’t been much follow-through in terms of an FX market reaction in wake of the Fed’s latest monetary policy decision, which …

The Federal Open Market Committee’s two-day meeting has concluded on Wednesday and the statement has been released along with the Fed’s interest rate decision in a highly anticipated event for financial markets.Markets were expecting the Fed to give guidance on asset purchases that were expected to conclude in March. However, …

The US Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that the FOMC had agreed to leave the Federal Funds target range unchanged at 0.0-0.25%, in line with expectations. The central bank said that it would soon be appropriate to raise the Federal Funds rate, the strong hint that many market participants would …