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Why is the Yen so weak?
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21 APR clock 16:32

Why is the Yen so weak?

Two words: policy divergence (read on to find out more). But first, let's take a look at just how dismal the Yen's performance has been so far in 2022. The Japanese Yen is now trading around a 20-year low against the US dollar.
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Week Ahead: Gold may climb higher on darkening global outlook
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Week Ahead: Gold may climb higher on darkening global outlook

More Fed speak … more US earnings … and the freshest updates to the global economic outlook (via the latest IMF projection and GDP figure for China, the world’s second largest economy) …
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12 APR clock 11:57

The era of low interest rates is no more

With markets looking warily at major central banks, find out why the era of low interest rates is at an end.
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Key Events This Week: ECB to keep its options open as escalating conflict sees flight to safety
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08 APR clock 11:00

Week Ahead: Hawkish ECB may offer EURUSD support

The battle against inflation is set to take center stage across markets in the coming week.
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07 APR clock 14:01

QT: The Fed wants to pull out US$1.1 trillion per year from markets! What could this mean for investors and traders?

Investors and traders worldwide for several months now have been obsessing over how the Fed intends to go about its 'quantitative tightening' a.k.a. QT. Hold up! What even is QT?
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