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The dollar fell against other major currencies as investors awaited comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later on Monday, and other central bank policymakers this week for clues on monetary policy. Currency markets have been turbulent over the past month due to the financial fallout from Russia’s invasion of …

The Japanese yen extended its decline on Monday as traders focused on a series of public statements by central bank policy makers globally this week including Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell later on Monday. The dollar rose slightly against the Japanese yen, as high as 119.3 yen, defying a six-year …

The EUR/USD ended its weekly trading below the psychological resistance level of 1.1100, which forced it to trade within the general bearish trend again. On the technical side today, looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice the continuation of the negative pressure coming from the 50-day simple moving average, which …

The US dollar index bounced back on Friday from recent declines following comments from Federal Reserve officials on interest rates that supported the currency, while the dollar was at a fresh six-year high against the yen and the euro eased.St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard called for a dramatic …

The euro fell on Friday but was on track for its biggest weekly gain in six weeks as traders breathed a sigh of relief after Russia avoided defaulting on dollar-denominated debt and markets digested the broader impact of the start of the US interest rate hike cycle. The euro slipped …

In its latest monetary policy announcement, the Bank of England (BoE) opted to raise the benchmark UK interest rate by a further 25bps to 0.75% from 0.50%, as had been widely expected. GBP’s kneejerk reaction was to drop sharply as a result of only eight on nine Monetary Policy Committee …

The euro gave up some of its gains on Thursday as investors closely watched any developments in talks between Russia and Ukraine, while monetary policy decisions by the US central bank failed to impact the market as expectations of a rate hike were high. The euro rose 0.05 percent to …

Canadian inflation hit 5.7% YoY in February, according to Statistics Canada’s latest headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) release on Wednesday. That was above the expected rise to 5.5% from 5.1% in January. The MoM increase in the headline CPI in February was 1.0%, a little above the 0.9% expected and …

The dollar index fell against the major currencies during Wednesday’s trading before the Federal Reserve’s decision, while the US currency traded near a 5-year high against the yen. The US central bank is expected to implement its first rate hike since 2018 later in the day amid uncertainty over the …

Mykhailo Podoliyak, one of the representatives of Ukraine at Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, has said, ”We’ll continue tomorrow. A very difficult and vicious negotiation process. There are fundamental contradictions. But there is certainly room for compromise. During the break, work in subgroups will be continued”.Russia lobbed more missiles into Kyiv, amid heightened …