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At yesterday's meeting, the ECB decided to raise all key interest rates by 75 basis points and signaled that it will slow the pace of rate hikes. Lagarde emphasized data depende...

In the face of rising costs and rising interest rates, every release matters for currencies. Here's where inflation and currencies stand in a busy week.

Employment and gro...

Thursday's ECB monetary policy meeting will be a bang for the buck. Expectations remain high that the ECB will raise rates by 75 basis points, but even if it is only 50 basis po...

Opec's key takeaway was that the global economy is certainly slowing. This is not good news for equity markets, especially if OPEC is now, as it seems, very wary of a drop in oi...

The EU and US labor market data showed a strong picture last week. Despite the somewhat less filled order books in the EU, demand for skilled workers remains very high.

EUR/USD has recovered after falling towards 0.9900. Markets are expecting a 70% probability of a 75 basis point rate hike by the Fed in September. 

Hopef...

The most eagerly anticipated meeting of central bankers in 2022, and possibly the "most important moment" in the history of monetary policy, is finally here - when policymakers ...

Der Vorsitzende der US-Notenbank Powell räumt der Inflationsbekämpfung Priorität ein und ist bereit, ein negatives Wachstum in Kauf zu nehmen. 

Lagarde v...

It is not a correlated market. The dollar is up and crude oil prices are down, which is normal, but the 30-year bond is trading lower. Financials should always correlate with th...

On Friday, U.S. employment figures were more than twice as high as expected. The unemployment rate also fell, albeit by only one decimal place. Still, U.S. stocks (as measured b...

We remain EUR positive and see great recovery potential.
 

Despite a sharp deterioration in economic data at the end of last week, European equity markets had a positive week, with both the FTSE100 and DAX closing at six-week highs.

Despite a decent recovery on Friday, both European and U.S. markets ended the week lower as sentiment f...

It is likely that euro skeptics will continue to push for ...

Our trading systems performed normally last week and are expected to trade normally and in exactly the same ranges this week. Foreign exchange rates are...

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After another inflation surprise in the U.S. on Friday, when the core inflation index for May rose 0.6% month-over-month for the second month in a row, bond yields and the U.S. ...

Last week marked the Dow's first eight-week losing streak since 1923, while the S&P 500 ended a seven-week losing streak, its worst since 2001.

Get key insights into important economic data this week.

Today, I will explain to you the impact of the armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the markets and on our trading system.

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Following the U.S. Federal Reserve's announcement on Wednesday, the Swiss National Bank, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank also announced their monetary policy d...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is being surprisingly clear in his statements on inflation, meanwhile the ECB is going into hibernation.

Volatility on the currency markets has been so low in recent years that many investors no longer even pay attention to currency risks. This could soon change in view of rising i...