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Policymakers are expected to signal that rates are “likely to remain appropriate” at their current level, as long as the economy doesn’t change significantly.

Prices break down and are poised to test 4-year lows

While I spend many hours a day scouring through Forex charts, the charts related to these two markets have caught my eye.

Given the ongoing trade issues, the political drama in Washington, the Fed’s multiple moves and geopolitical uncertainties, the one constant this year underpinning stocks has been corporate earnings results.

What traders could be waiting for is Trump’s response. Will he defy his promise to Chinese President Xi Jinping, or will he remain silent?  It’s highly unusual for Trump to remain silent for too long especially when a foreign country threatens the U.S. with “strong countermeasures.”

One group like Fed Chair Jerome Powell believes the outlook is generally positive. Another believes the U.S. economy needs even easier policy to avoid sinking into a recession. Still a third group believes the Fed has gone far enough or even a little too far in trying to revitalize the

If Trump moves forward with the tariffs on October 15 then this will complicate matters since it will indicate that both sides are still far apart and Trump feels China needs to continue to feel pressure in order to finish a deal in a timely manner.

While some wait for a recession, others are watching for a potential jump in inflation that could derail any thoughts of future rate cuts by the Fed.

Draghi was also hurt by a headline from Bloomberg that said he faced opposition from several key ECB governors in his ultimately successful bid to restart quantitative easing, according to officials with knowledge of the matter.

 The term “technical recession” has been all over the past month, as many analysts see the risk of a technical recession in the Eurozone’s largest economy piling up.

Amongst the many Trump campaign promises, the promise that the American people will “Have so much winning if I get elected that you may get bored with winning” stands out, however it doesn’t appear like it will become boring anytime soon.

The traditionally slow month of August has been very tough for traders so far this year.

In my opinion, after the jobs data is released on Friday and traders make their position adjustments, the uncertainty over the Fed’s July 31 monetary and interest rate decisions will be lifted and the uncertainty will shift to the European Central Bank. This should lead to further pressure on the

The EU surprised the market by appointing Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, to take the place of Mario Draghi when he retires as President of the ECB in November.

Given Powell’s comments, it looks as if the game-changer could be Friday’s U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls report. If this report comes in better than expected then combined with the resumption of trade talks and the steady PMI data, I think investors will have to seriously consider the possibility of no rate

There has been a handful of good data released in the United Kingdom in recent weeks but it would be misleading to see this as a sign that growth is on the verge of a prolonged rebound.

In the last two years, investments in sustainable fixed income assets have been gathering pace.

Facebook is looking to get in on the crypto act. Will U.S Congress and other governments let FB roll out a crypto payment service to more than 2bn users?

Global recession fears will continue to peak and trough in the coming months, and I expect the USD to be highly reactive.

Powell took the wind out of the argument for a recession because as you should know by now, the Fed is pretty powerful. With the stock market rallying and believe it or not, the President threatening more tariffs on China, stocks are on a roll again and within striking distance