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Heads up, fellas! Q2 GDP figures for the U.S. are due tomorrow via the Advanced GDP report! Prep yourself and know what to expect by hittin’ up my latest trading guide!

The official numbers are out! Take a look at the most recent forex trading volumes as reported by the world’s top central banks.

It looks like the dollar started this busy week on the right foot! Read on and find out how all the major currencies did in yesterday’s trading.

As Ben Bernanke’s term as Fed Chairman nears its end, the race to find the next central bank head honcho is heating up. The question is, who will win Obama’s favor and be the President’s nomination for the top post?

Whoa! Another win for Trade of the Week favorite PipsCall?! What’s so awesome about his USD/JPY setup this week?

What better way to start your NFP week prep than by catching up to the latest themes affecting the major currencies? I got it all right here, folks!

The non-farm payrolls week is just around the corner and you know what that means – potential volatility-inducing data! Here are some questions that we need to answer as we navigate through next week’s reports.

Now that the world’s second largest economy is still in a slump, another round of easing could be necessary to help China get back on its feet.

We’ve got three brave souls battling it out in the Trade of the Week contest. Which one deserves to win?

As everyone and his mother had expected, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand decided to keep its official cash rate at 2.50% and announced that it plans to do so throughout the year.

To show a market correlation is to show a market correlation. That is about it. The reason I say that is because we can never really be sure which of the pieces of price data in the correlation is leading and which is following.

Why couldn’t the dollar get any love yesterday? Find out after the jump!

Oh snap! Could this be true? The most recent PMI reports hint that we could soon see a comeback from the euro zone.

Countries have interests. Most have allies. All have enemies(real, perceived, and of the manufactured variety). In times of economic turmoil enemies appear more menacing. The normal jockeying for position by a country during the good times, may often be perceived as a threat (or opportunity to manufacture a threat) by another during the bad times.

What’s going on in the forex market?! Take a look at my economic roundup to see what’s driving the major currencies these days.

First, we saw strong readings from early growth indicators, then we got news of the birth of the royal baby boy! Is it time to buy Cable in anticipation of a strong rally?

It’s the nature of financial news media — they have to look for explanations; they have to find reasons; and they have to be first to break the news.

Give yourself a boost this Hump Day with these forex fundamental tidbits!

We spend a lot of time talking about the bigger economies but for today’s edition of Piponomics, we’ll shine the spotlight on Middle Earth… Err, I mean, New Zealand. I’ll tell you all that you need to know about the upcoming rate decision by the RBNZ!

The numbers are out! Take a look at how brokers’ profitability and accounts growth fared last quarter.