Forex

What 5 Events Will Traders Be Watching This Week? 13 Dec – 18 Dec, 2021

Japan’s Tankan Large Manufacturing Index covering Quarter 4 of 2021 is due Monday, just before 1:00 pm. The Index is expected to show an improvement of one to two points in the business sentiment of Japan’s large manufacturers, capping off...

Why Is The BoE Interest Rate Decision On A Knife’s Edge?

What Will Traders Be Watching This Week? 06 Dec – 11 Dec, 2021

What Will Traders Be Watching This Week? 06 Dec – 11 Dec, 2021. Factory Orders from Germany for the Month of October is the first significant piece of data for the week. The market is expecting a 0.5% decline MoM,...

What Will Traders Be Watching This Week? 29 Nov – 04 Dec, 2021

After tanking many equities at the end of last week, the new coronavirus variant out of South Africa will likely be of primary interest to investors leading to the end of 2021. Nonetheless, the show must go on, and several...

What Will Traders Be Watching This Week? 22 Nov – 26 Nov, 2021

APAC should be hogging most traders’ attention in the first half of the coming week. China and New Zealand take the spotlight up to Wednesday. A sprinkling of US and European data helps to round out the offerings....

What Are Forex Traders Watching At Week’s End?

You might think that the economic news might be slowing down this week after the week we have just had. Alas, that is not so; this week's forex market might be just as choppy with some critically important reports emanating...

What Affects The USD/ ZAR This Week?

Risk sentiment will play a large part in the USD / ZAR. Last week saw traders pull away from safer currencies such as the USD, indicating a risk-on sentiment was prevalent in the market. Over last week, coinciding with the...

Has The USD Avoided The Dreaded Taper Tantrum?

With its back up against a wall, the US Federal Reserve has pledged to begin tapering its asset purchase program. Beginning later this month, the Federal Reserve will reduce the number of US Treasury Securities it purchases each month by...

USD Quickly Lost Ground To Major Trading Partners

The USD has lost the most ground against the EUR in the past 24 hours. EURUSD is trading at 1.16831 at the time of writing, up by 0.72% and a one month high for the pair. The cause of the...
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