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In the European session, the only highlight is the Eurozone Retail Sales data although it isn’t a market moving release in general. In the American session, we don’t have much on the agenda so the focus will be on the Fed officials with five of them scheduled to speak today. As a reminder, the stock […]

The regions that saw their assessment raised were Tohoku and Hokuriku. Meanwhile, the BOJ maintains the assessment for the other seven regions as seen above. This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com. Source link

Data is here: China December CPI +0.1% y/y (expected +0.1%, prior +0.2%) Recap (summary of a Reuters report): Consumer Price Index: China’s CPI rose by 0.2% in 2024, matching the previous year’s growth and falling well below the 3% target. December CPI increased by 0.1% year-on-year, slowing from 0.2% in November and marking the weakest […]

Consumer and producer inflation data from China for December 2024 PPI remains in deflation and CPI barely avoids it. Pretty much as expected from China. The People’s Bank of China is wary of providing too much stimulus, such as a rate cut, due to financial stability and yuan weakness concerns. A political consideration now is […]

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not […]

Adam Posen is an economist and President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He argues he expects the Fed to raise interest rates in the second half of 2025, unless the Trump Administration’s aggressive use of tariffs and deportations triggers a recession. However, it’s more likely that inflation will rise due to the combined […]

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not […]

gold daily Gold is off to a strong start to the year, rising another $19 today to $2668. Gold has been able to make headway despite a broadly stronger US dollar and rising Treasury yields. That dynamic will be challenged again today with the US Treasury selling 30-year bonds at 1 pm ET. Chinese bids […]

Five years have passed since the world experienced firsthand — not just through textbooks — what a pandemic is and how profoundly it can impact everyone, even those who never contracted the virus. This includes restrictions on movement, worsening economic conditions, rising unemployment, and supply chain disruptions that later drove up prices and forced central […]

Prior -12.6% Market index 168.4 vs 174.9 prior Purchase index 127.7 vs 136.7 prior Refinance index 401.1 vs 395.1 prior 30-year mortgage rate 6.99% vs 6.97% prior After a big plunge in the week before, mortgage applications are falling further again to start the new year with purchase activity weighing this time. That is partially […]