The Australian Dollar made an 18-month low in January, eclipsing the November 2020 nadir of 0.6991 by a small margin.

There’s no two-ways about it: gold prices outperformed our expectations in Q1 22. Our rationale for not taking a bullish outlook on gold was, and still is, well-grounded: central banks, including t…

Traders will continue to recalibrate trades after a hawkish shift in Fed rhetoric sent bond prices plummeting. European CPI data, US GDP growth and the Bank of Japan are in focus for the week ahead.

The US Dollar (via the DXY Index) closed last week at its highest level in two years, and a lot of that has to do with the Federal Reserve.

The anti-risk Japanese Yen put in a dismal performance during the first quarter of 2022, particularly as March wrapped up. A majors-based Japanese Yen Index that averages JPY against USD, AUD, GBP …

The ECB has no intention to raise rates in Q2 while the Fed is weighing up multiple 50 basis point hikes and Lagarde requests dissenting members to delay criticisms.

Crude oil prices weakened as a stronger US Dollar and another drop in the S&P 500 undermined the sentiment-linked commodity. All eyes are on US GDP and the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge next.

Heightened US interest rate hike expectations are weighing heavily on US indices. Will next week’s bumper crop of Q1 US earnings help to steady the market?

The update to the US PCE Price Index may drag on the price of gold as the Fed’s preferred gauge for inflation is expected to downtick for the first time since August.

Slowing economic growth in the UK and bets that the Bank of England will not be as aggressive as the Fed during its tightening cycle are likely to weigh on GBP/USD in the near term.