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First-Quarter US GDP

Moving towards the Us trading hours , The us dollar in consolidation mode waiting for clue on next trend direction. The upcoming US event which may likely further boost the dollar strength as mkts speculations on the likely timeline of Fed tightening.
The US dollar making attempt with uptrend momentum against the Franc having declined in past weeks as expected.
On my observations from technical and trend point of view GBP /CHF will be next in traders watch list , considering natural and simple p…
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EUR/USD FED Tapering Effect (part 2)

It's that time again when all eyes will be on FED and US economic data as today we have two important figures scheduled to be release. Not only that we have the FOMC decision as main risk event on top of that we also have the US GDP figures and US employment figures.
Market expectation for this week's FOMC meeting has not changed as QE tapering is on an autopilot and we should expect another $10B taper. The focus will be more on the updated Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) which will g…
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Here Comes the Job Report

After yesterday ECB decision today we have another big risk event which may cause some serious volatility: NFP figures.
I was not expecting to see that kind of behavior on EUR/USD after ECB's new market policy, however I'm not expecting EUR/USD to develop in to a new bearish trend not until 2015 and you can find more reasons why in my previous article: The Case for a Multi-year USD Bullish Trend
Now coming back to the NFP report there is no way we can beat previous figures of 288k. First …
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How do you think market is responding to the Federal

With the recent announcements from the Federal Reserve about ending monetary stimulus and considering mixed economic data, I think most would agree that the market is behaving very good taking profits and responding to a non-inflation environment. For example, gold considered a barometer for inflation and gold is continuing a downward trend trading for less than 1300 per ounce which was predictable. For commodities, China reduced the demand for copper and industrial metals. And after signals…
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jezz 28 June

USD is quite strong no matter what. Only EUR is showing some unsubstantiated strength. I guess 'hope' is the new fundamental. Fed's presence is necessary and will always be in order to push economy in the right or preferred ways. Every world's economy has its own logic and policy. While RBA is not interfering that much, BOJ does a lot. Fed looks in between these two.

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mag 22 Sep.

That it will soon withdraw the stimulus, is subject to an increase in positive figures for a long time so this is the perfect argument. This thought before Wednesday 18 communication and I think that so behaved the FED.

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