Fundamental Overview Last week, despite the higher-than-expected inflation figures and a less dovish Powell, the US Dollar couldn’t extend the gains. The market’s pricing remained largely unchanged at three rate cuts by the end of 2025. This might be a signal that the market is now fine with the current pricing, and we will need […]

Fundamental Overview The USD rallied across the board last Friday following the hot US NFP report. The market priced out all the aggressive rate cuts expectations and it’s now finally in line with the Fed’s projections. The focus remains on the economic data. The next key event to watch will be the US CPI report […]

Fundamental Overview The USD weakened across the board following soft US Jobless Claims and ISM Services PMI reports. Overall, the data didn’t change much in terms of interest rates expectations, but it reinforced the view that the Fed is going to deliver at least two rate cuts by the end of the year. The GBP, […]

Fundamental Overview The USD continues to be backed by good economic data as we have also seen recently from the US PMIs last Friday and the US Consumer Confidence report this week. Although such data keeps the interest rates expectations stable around two cuts by the end of the year, it should also support the […]

The Fed hiked interest rates by 25 bps as expected and left everything. Fed Chair Powell didn’t offer any hint on the next move and just reaffirmed their data dependency, keeping all the options on the table. The economic data since the FOMC meeting has been supporting the soft-landing narrative as the labour market data […]