Bargain hunting after last week’s losses caused slight gains in U.S. stocks on Monday. The main stock indexes climbed more than 1% shortly after the opening bell, but all three closed well off their session highs. Jitters about the coming interest rate hikes to…

Markets have lifted the expected peak for Fed funds to 5.28% which has resulted in some gains in the dollar safe-haven. The Fed’s favored inflation indicator, the core PCE index, is expected to rise 0.4% in January, while the annual pace may have slowed just a…

DIFX Buzz: Here’s a weekly market recap for you to start your Monday with the top news of the week. Let’s see what happened in markets this week: Forex The Aussie Dollar gained around 0.4% against the Dollar ahead of RBA’s latest policy meeting on …

In today’s DIFX Analytics, we’re going to look into the following assets: ❖ Bitcoin/US Dollar (BTC/USD) ❖ Silver/US Dollar (XAG/USD) ❖ Ether/US Dollar (ETH/USD) ❖ Gold/US Dollar (XAU/USD) ❖ Euro/US Dollar (EUR/USD) Bitcoin/US Dollar…

The Fed revised Inflation data last week Friday which showed that CPI data in November and December 2022 was higher than previously shown. In the revised version, seasonal factors were taken into consideration. The market is now at a pivotal moment…

DIFX Buzz: Here’s a weekly market recap for you to start your Monday with the top news of the week. Let’s see what happened in markets this week: Forex ❖ The BoJ seems to have selected their next Governor in the form of Kazuo Ueda, leaving many asking…

Last week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech was more dovish than expected. This sent the Dollar falling when the FOMC Minutes were released on Wednesday. On Friday, Non-Farm Payrolls data was much higher than expected as more jobs were created in the US…

This week, we were expecting the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to decide on its monetary policy with the rising inflation. After two days of discussions, BoJ decided to keep its ultra-dovish monetary policy. This decision resulted in a weaker Japanese Yen. In today’s…

This week, we were expecting the CPI data on Thursday. The Consumer Price Index or CPI is considered the most important indicator of inflation in the US. It measures the average change in prices for a basket of goods and services over a specific period…

This week, we had the FOMC minutes which came out hawkish which is quite bullish for the Dollar, and bearish for Gold. The data also pushed Bitcoin price down as it briefly crossed the $17,000 mark. We are expecting the Nonfarm payrolls to be released..

Last week, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) increased the yield range which caused some action in the markets. Other than that, we are witnessing a relatively quiet week as most traders are enjoying the holidays. In today’s DIFX Analytics, we’re going to look into…

This week, we didn’t expect much data release that could manipulate future predictions on the Fed’s movement in terms of interest rates. This means that there will be no signals to indicate a change in the initial perceived increase of 50 basis points on December 14th…