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Marc Chandler has been covering the global capital markets in one fashion or another for more than 25 years, working at economic consulting firms and global investment banks. Chandler attended North Central College for undergraduate work, where he majored in political science and the humanities. ...more

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Week Ahead: Real Economy
Given the world's turmoil, including the escalation, and broadening of the conflict in the Middle East and China's continued aerial harassment of Taiwan ahead of the election, the capital and commodity markets have remained firm.
China Data Dump Keeps Market Looking For A Rate Cut Next Week
The mostly consolidative week for the US dollar continues. Most for the G10 currencies are +/- about 0.25% today and only a slightly wider range for the week.
Can The US CPI Break The Dollar Out Of Its Consolidation?
Stocks and bonds are trading higher, and the dollar is narrowly mixed ahead of the December US CPI report.
Don't Be Burned In The Churn
The broad consolidation in the dollar after the gyrations at the end of last week continues, and within it the greenback is a bit softer today.
The Dollar Goes Nowhere Quickly
The dollar continues to consolidate broadly after the dramatic price swings at the end of last week.
Week Ahead: Attention Turns Back To Inflation
The terribly mixed US jobs report spurred dramatic intraday swings in exchange and US interest rates. But at the close, the dollar was little changed against most major currencies, and expectations for Fed policy was nearly unchanged.
Greenback Is Bid Ahead Of The Jobs Report
The dollar is bid going into the December jobs report. After selling off at the end of last year, it has recovered this week.
Consolidative Tone Emerges Ahead Of Tomorrow's US Jobs And EMU CPI
After gaining for the past couple of sessions to open the New Year, the dollar is mostly softer today.
Holiday Moves Continue To Be Unwound
The dollar is firm. Rates are mostly higher and equities are lower. The moves scored in the holiday-thin markets at the end of last year are being unwound.
Firm Start For The Greenback
The US dollar begins the new year on a firm note. It is recovering against nearly all the G10 and emerging market currencies after depreciating in the holiday-thin markets over the past couple of weeks.
Fed To Express More Confidence That Policy Is Sufficiently Restrictive Despite The Easing Of Financial Conditions
The dollar is trading with a firmer bias ahead today ahead of the outcome of the FOMC meeting. Standing pat for two meetings was framed as a pause, being unchanged for a 3rd meeting is understood as the end of the current aggressive tightening cycle.
Soft US CPI Today Paves Way For Fed Pivot Tomorrow
The US dollar is trading softer against all the G10 currencies ahead of what is expected to be a soft November CPI report, which paves the way for a pivot by the FOMC tomorrow.
BOJ Speculation Unwound, Taking The Yen Lower
Many participants seemed to exaggerate the risks of a BOJ move next week and the dollar continued its recovery that began ahead of the weekend.
Week Ahead: What Central Banks Say May Be More Important Than What They Do
There were three outsized moves last week. Gold had a $135 range on Monday, posted a key downside reversal, and fell below $2000 at the end of the week after setting a record high slightly above $2135.
Market Catches Collective Breath
We had anticipated a recovery of the dollar on ideas that the market has too aggressively pushed down US rates, and pricing in more Fed easing with higher confidence than seems to be warranted by the recent data. 
Softer Tokyo CPI Buys BoJ Time
Tokyo's CPI moderated more than expected last month. The headline peaked in January at 4.4% and now stands at 2.6%, a new low since July 2022.
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