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AUD/USD is consolidating near the top-end of its year-to-date 0.6100-0.6330 range, BBH’s FX analysts note. RBA to start easing at the next February 18 meeting“Australia’s Westpac–Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index was essentially unchanged at 92.2 in February. While the headline print rema

You might think Trump’s erratic and reckless behavior would cut confidence in the US in half and lead to a dollar sell-off, but that’s not what is happening. Instead the resilient labor market and tariffs combine to point to higher inflation and thus keeping the Fed on hold or at least a limit of ho

Silver retreats over 1% from $32.64 as rising US Treasury yields undermine gains. Technical outlook suggests consolidation possible between $31.00 and $32.60, with resistance at $33.00. Downward pressure may test support levels at $31.10 and $31.00, near critical moving averages. Silver's price retr

Gold rallied to a new all-time high amid trade war concerns that risk higher inflation and slower economic growth, spurring demand for safe-haven assets, ING’s commodity analysts Warren Patterson and Ewa Manthey notes. Cntral banks’ buying last year exceeds 1,000 tonnes“Gold is already up by more th

A new report from ADP suggests that the strong growth trend in the US labour market is continuing. According to the data released on Wednesday, the private sector added 183 thousand jobs. Last month's data was revised up by 54k to 176k. Job gains have accelerated since last August, roughly coincidin

The USD continues to retreat, leaving the DXY more than 2% below Monday’s peak, Scotiabank's Chief FX Strategist Shaun Osborne notes. USD trades broadly lower "There is little fresh news to explain the US Dollar’s (USD) slide. Rather, investors are ditching long USD positions as trade war risks ease

U.S. President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China effective from Tuesday, levy 25% on Canadian and Mexican imports, with a 10% rate on Canadian energy products and Chinese goods. This led to Dollar Index strengthening past 109 and Euro to break below 1.03. Now, if the inde

The German Consumer Climate Index declined in January, impacting the eurozone's largest economy and applying pressure on the single currency. The index fell by 1 point to -22.4 by February, having remained deeply negative since late 2021 without showing an upward trend since mid-last year. The repor

Last time we were looking at a short position on Silver. Well, look what happened…twice! Price action on Silver broke out of this rising wedge and has now formed a triple top. For more selling action, we need to see price action to break below this neckline and for the stochastic oscillator to chang

USD/JPY recovers sharply to near 156.50 as Japanese Yen underperforms its major peers. The BoJ refrained from providing a specific policy-tightening path. US President Trump has pushed back fears of imposing tariffs on China. The USD/JPY recovers Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) interest rate hike-inspired los

President Trump’s comments about potential tariffs on Canada and Mexico by February 1st caused increased market volatility and risk aversion. The US Dollar Index (DXY) experienced significant price swings due to uncertainty and shifting information. Tariffs are seen as potentially inflationary, whic