Dollar remains generally weak as markets move into the early US session, even though outright selling pressure has eased slightly. The slowdown, however, looks more like consolidation than recovery, with the greenback still exposed to fresh political and policy risks. That vulnerability follows an already bruising period marked by renewed transatlantic trade tensions and the
A report released by the Commerce Department on Monday showed new orders for U.S. manufactured durable goods surged by much more than expected in the month of November. The Commerce Department said durable goods orders shot up by 5.3 percent in November after tumbling by 2.1 percent in October. Economists had expected durable goods orders
(Partial video transcript) This week’s trading opportunity My “Trade of the week” is to go long EUR/CHF. Basically, if you look at the chart, what you can see on the chart (in the video) is that we’re trading at levels where there is a lot of support. If you go back to last year, and even
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) is expected to gain strength due to a recovering economy and supportive fiscal policies ahead of the general election on November 7, 2026. HSBC notes that while rate hikes from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) may come later, the current economic momentum presents upside risks for the NZD.
Bitcoin recovers from one-month low Bitcoin has been under pressure of late, marked by a sharp sell-off from its mid-January $97,913.08 peak, followed by a minor recovery today. The volatility underscores how sensitive the world’s largest cryptocurrency remains to shifts in macro sentiment, positioning and liquidity conditions, even as its longer-term narrative has strengthened since
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Prior 87.6 Current conditions 85.7 vs 86.0 expected Prior 85.6 Expectations 89.5 vs 90.3 expected Prior 89.7 German business sentiment stagnates to start the year with the expectations/outlook index dropping a little. The current conditions shows a marginal improvement but it’s nothing optimistic and doesn’t really suggest a material betterment in business activity. As price
European stock markets stayed mostly flat on Monday morning. Market participants were hesitant to make big moves because of recent global political tension and the upcoming meeting of the US Federal Reserve later this week. While the main European index (the STOXX 600) rose very slightly, different industries saw mixed results; insurance companies saw some
Yen once again took center stage, staging a broad-based rally that gathered pace through the Asian session. USD/JPY dived below 154, a sharp reversal from last week’s run toward 160 — a level widely perceived by markets as Japan’s informal line in the sand. The move gained traction as Japanese assets reacted in tandem. Nikkei
Finland’s producer prices decreased for the first time in three months in December, data from Statistics Finland showed on Monday. The producer price index dropped 0.8 percent year-over-year in December, reversing a 0.2 percent increase in November. The fall in the producer prices was particularly caused by lower prices of refined petroleum products and paper
Gold (XAU/USD) touches a fresh all-time high through the early European session on Monday, with bulls now looking to build on the six-day-old uptrend beyond the $5,100 mark amid a supportive fundamental backdrop. Persistent geopolitical and trade-related uncertainties turn out to be a key factor that continues to drive safe-haven flows towards precious metal. Adding
In December 2025, Finland experienced a 0.8% decrease in producer prices compared to the same month in the previous year, a notable shift from the 0.2% increase observed in the prior two months. This decline represents the lowest level since July, driven primarily by a further reduction in the prices of manufactured goods, which fell
The USD/JPY outlook remains strongly bearish as intervention risks, a hawkish BoJ, and a weaker dollar ignite a reversal. The report of the NY Fed verifying USD/JPY levels with the dealers was considered a hint of intervention. Markets await the FOMC rate decision and Japan’s key data releases for more trading opportunities. The USD/JPY price
The first supposed ‘rate check’ took place in European trading on Friday and then there was another late on in US trading. Although on the latter, the dollar was already crumbling across the board so USD/JPY traders also took that as a sign to abandon long positions. The nerves are continuing to Asia trading today
The Japanese Yen (JPY) builds on its weekly bullish gap opening against a broadly weaker US Dollar (USD) and advances to a fresh high since November 14 during the Asian session on Monday. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned against speculative moves on Sunday following rate checks from Japan’s Ministry of Finance and the New
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USD/JPY is down 167 pips to the lows of the day. It’s been volatile trading so far today as the pair initially traded near these levels befoer bouncing by more than 100 pips. In the past two hours though, it began trending lower and has now taken out the lows. The drop today takes the
