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The USD/CAD pair has renewed its fresh high in the year at 1.3052. the pair is attempting to balance above the 1.3000 psychological resistance. USD/CAD also managed to continue its winning streak by positive performance on Tuesday.USD/CAD is likely to further advance amid uncertainty over the release of the US …

A week that saw a continued deterioration in the global growth outlook driven by extended China lockdowns, a stronger dollar and increasingly aggressive rate hike signals from members of the US Fed. The week highlighted how traders positioned themselves ahead of last Wednesday’s FOMC meeting. During the week US ten-year …

The US economy created 428.000 jobs for the second month in a row, near market expectations. According to analysts at Wells Fargo, the report is solid and reinforces their belief that the Federal Reserve will execute another 50 bps interest rate hike at its next meeting on June 14-15.Key Quotes: …

In a blog post on Medium, Minneapolis Fed President and traditionally dovish FOMC member Neel Kashkari argued that, given that long-term real rates have the greatest influence on the demand for credit, financial conditions are already nearly back to neutral levels. But Kashkari argued that the Fed still needs to …

A few hours after the NFP release on Friday, gold investors could look to book profits toward the London fix, causing important assets, such as gold, to reverse direction after the initial reaction. Moreover, FOMC policymakers have clarified that they will focus on taming hot inflation, so they seem not …

The S&P 500 recently fell back below the 4,200 level, taking its losses to more than 2.5% or 100 points as US equities have largely reversed Wednesday’s post-Fed rally, with big tech names leading the decline as yields surge.Wednesday’s post-Fed soaring was short-lived, with all the three major US equity …

The EUR/USD pair has witnessed a juggernaut upside move after the Federal Reserve decided to raise a rate hike by 50 basis points in the New York session. The Euro bulls have established the asset above 1.0600 and are driving it higher towards the next barricade at 1.0650.An interest rate …

The US dollar plunged on the remarks by the US Fed’s monetary policy decision. As expected, the US central bank has hiked rates by 50 bps to a range of 0.75% to 1% while announcing trimming the balance sheet as of June 1. They would start with a $47.5 billion …

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s governor Adrian Orr stated that the RBNZ doesn’t see stagflation as a core risk, adding that ”it’s business as usual” on monetary policy and the central banks have ”no regrets on monetary policy,” and that he is ”proud of where we are”.Orr added that …

Bitcoin is separating itself from risk assets with increasing HODL behavior and historical patterns suggest a mild down-turn, according to Bloomberg Intelligence’s latest report. The report discussed bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as it relates to adoption, markets and defining asset classes.The report also explains how bitcoin is separating itself from …