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It looks like the Reserve Bank of Australia is sitting tight for another month! As expected, the RBA decided in its latest monetary policy meeting to keep its interest rates at 4.75%. But given the ongoing concerns on rising commodity prices, did the RBA members make the right decision?

While most countries have been complaining about inflation, Japan isn’t quite on the same boat. It’s still caught in a battle with a totally different beast: deflation. Is this something Japan should be happy about or is it something to fear?

Whatever happened to world reserve currency safe haven status? Yikes!!! Now global risk is hammering the greenback; a bad sign indeed when what was once relative good news is now taken as bad.

Oh wow, it’s March already! There’s no better way to kick off a brand new month than with a bunch of exciting economic happenings, so make sure you read my roundup before you start trading!

Yes, yes, the U.K. GDP report is old news. But now that it has been downgraded slightly, is it time for some MPC members to think twice before moving over to the hawks’ camp?

It’s the last day of February, my fellow forex folks! If you wanna end the month on a strong note, better check out my daily roundup to see which reports you can trade today. Good luck!

Oohhh baby, it looks like we’ve got a slew of interest rate decisions next week! With all this talk about the need to curb inflation, could we be in for a few surprises?

Mother Nature doesn’t seem to be on New Zealand’s side lately, does it? Because of the damage of the recent earthquakes, the country is in grave danger of plunging back into recession. Can New Zealand still get the economic gods in its favor?

Copper Futures, daily: who pulled the plug? Surging crude oil apparently is now a threat to global recovery.

Today we’ll take a closer look at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to see the dudes and dudettes in favor of a change in the Fed’s very accommodating monetary policy. So far, we’ve only got 4 hawks out of 12 FOMC members. Want to know more about them? Read on then!

TGIF! I can’t wait to get hit the club with Big Pippin tonight! Before I go, lemme leave you with my daily roundup!

This time around, Libya and other MENA nations are rocking the airwaves with their own anti-government demonstrations. Was the ruckus in Egypt just the tip of the iceberg? Read on to find out how these protests could affect the forex market.

Good day forex traders! Ready to begin another day of catching pips? Here’s my daily economic roundup to get y’all in the zone!

Yield differential is still in the driver’s seat … as the buck fights the euro and the pound. Traders are now expecting the ECB and BOE will move before the Fed.

Uh oh, what is this I hear? It seems that another euro zone member will need a bailout! Can you guess which nation I am talking about?

Thanks to risk aversion, the dollar was able to reign supreme against most major currencies yesterday. Let’s see if the dollar will be able to hold on to its gains today!

If you are sitting on buckets of silver coins you are a happy guy. And you know who is a happy guy–the honorable father-in-law (FIL).

Whoa, wait a second there buddy! Just when we thought late last year that the BOE would go all Buckingham Palace Guard on us and not shift its monetary policy stance, it seems that one by one, MPC members are now joining the flock of the hawks!

And the results are in! Here’s who you voted for as 2011’s Top 11 Forex peeps on Twitter….

Feeling a lost in the markets right now? Well, don’t ya worry because Pip Diddy’s here to guide you! Read today’s economic roundup to find out exactly what’s been happening in the world lately!