Forex Gump

Over the past few days, U.S. data and speculations about a Spanish bailout have been hogging the spotlight. Let’s not forget, however, that much has been going on in New Zealand and some reasons to short the Kiwi have popped up lately.

Don’t look now but its NFP Friday, baby! Y’all ready for the granddaddy of economic reports? Make sure you prep yo’ self before you wreck yo’ self by checking out my guide to trading the NFP report!

Both the ECB and the BOE are set to make their monetary policy statements this week. Let’s take a look at what happened during their previous decisions to figure out what could happen this time around and how these could affect EUR/USD and GBP/USD.

Talk about starting the quarter with a bang! In a surprise move yesterday, Glenn Stevens and the rest of the brainiacs over at the Reserve Bank of Australia hit the markets with a rate cut! Check out what happened and how this affects the Aussie after the jump!

The Tankan survey, for those of you not in the know, is one of Japan’s most important economic releases. Do yourself a favor and read all about it!

Markets might have welcomed the announcement of Spain’s budget plan but it wasn’t the only event that sparked risk appetite on Thursday. China helped inspire risk-taking too! Can you guess how?

In what seems like its preparations for a bailout request, Spain recently rolled out its budget plans and bank stress test results. How did the markets react and how will these affect Spain’s bailout prospects?

Are you a fan of soap operas? Then you’ll love the drama that has unfolded between the SNB and S&P!

Don’t look now folks, but it looks like Greece is creeping back into the spotlight! Rumors out of Athens is that the government’s budget gap could be as much as 30 billion EUR!

Word through the forex grapevine is that EU officials are currently in talks with Spanish policymakers regarding bailout plans. Will it push through and, if it does, how will the euro react?