Forex Gump

With all the excitement surrounding the release of the NFP, you’d think traders were watching the Super Bowl or something!

The U.S. payrolls week might be over but the party is just getting started for the forex junkies! Check out the two major types of economic reports heading our way next week.

When the BOC surprisingly turned dovish last week, all eyes turned to the RBNZ to see if it would follow suit. See what RBNZ Governor Wheeler and rest of the central bank has to say about the economy!

You’ve got to hand it to the Fed. It sure does a good job of keeping the markets on their toes!

Gather ’round, folks! The RBNZ is gearing up for their very first rate decision this year so let’s take a look at NZD/USD’s past price action to see if we can make some pips by trading this event!

Tomorrow, the FOMC will release its first interest rate statement for 2013. Most market participants see no change in monetary policy, but there are some analysts think that we’ll see a bit of disagreement in the ranks!

Blimey! Is the U.K. headed for ANOTHER recession? It looks like it! The GDP report for Q4 2012 revealed that the British economy had a worse than expected economic contraction. Uh, oh!

So it seems that ECB head Mario Draghi hasn’t lost his marbles – the euro zone really is seeing signs of improvement!

People always talk about the NFP report, GDP growth, and housing data as the major reports to pay attention to during the New York session. You shouldn’t forget about the consumer confidence report though…

Ouch! The pound has been getting one-two combos from the dollar since the start of the year. But don’t fret! In today’s edition of Piponomics, I’ll tell you FOUR reasons why I think the pound sell-off is about to end.