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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 …

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 US central bank has said it will soon be appropriate to raise rates.

Spot gold (XAU/USD) prices have been under selling pressure in recent trade, dropping from the mid-$1840s prior to the US open to around the $1830 as the Fed monetary policy announcement at 1330GMT looms. A combination of pre-Fed profit-taking and short-term, intra-day technical selling have been cited as the reason …

Gold prices stabilized on Wednesday as investors held off big bets ahead of a decision on the pace of monetary policy tightening at the US Federal Reserve meeting, while tensions surrounding Ukraine kept gold near a 10-week high hit in the previous session. And gold settled in spot transactions at …

Traders and market participants await the US Fed to adopt firm plans to raise interest rates and taper its holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities, which have swollen its balance sheet to about $9 trillion.The Fed’s two-day meeting ends Wednesday. Analysts’ views of the meeting are mixed, with …

The Euro fell to a one-month low on Tuesday as tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine drew investors to the dollar, a day before the Federal Reserve is expected to reveal details on its plans to tighten monetary policy.Tensions remained high after NATO said on Monday it was …

The gold index (XAU/USD) has rallied on Tuesday, adding around 0.5% to the scale after climbing from a low of $1,834.95 to a high of $1,853.88 so far. The US dollar has come under pressure after reaching a two-week peak over tensions between Russia and the West. However, there was …

The USD/CHF pair hit its highest level in nearly two weeks on Tuesday as the Swiss franc lost its safe-haven shine despite further downside in US (and global) equities and ongoing Italian political uncertainty. The pair broke to the north of its 200 and 21-day moving averages in the 0.9160 …