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Thursday’s session saw the S&P 500 extend its winning streak to seven sessions as stagflationary U.S. data weighed on the dollar ahead of Friday’s pivotal CPI release.

Friday’s March CPI report will offer the first real look at U.S. inflation since the Iran conflict sent energy prices surging, and it could be hot enough to keep the Fed on hold for the rest of the year. Here’s what to look out for.

Can Canada’s employment report still influence BOC policy expectations? Here’s what to look out for in this top-tier release.

Markets surged as US-Iran ceasefire sparked massive risk rally with oil plunging over 17%, equities jumping, and dollar retreating while significant geopolitical uncertainties lingered throughout Wednesday session.

The RBNZ held its OCR at 2.25% for a second straight meeting, but a hawkish tone from Governor Breman and a US-Iran ceasefire sent the Kiwi surging.

The US-Iran ceasefire sent oil crashing 17%, stocks soaring, and gold sliding. Learn what “risk-on” means and why geopolitics moves forex markets.

Will the Fed’s favorite inflation gauge show price pressures were already heating up before the Iran war struck?

Escalating U.S.-Iran tensions dominated Tuesday’s session, whipsawing oil prices, crushing the dollar on weak durable goods data, and driving gold to fresh highs near $4,708.

The U.S. economy keeps expanding on paper, but the latest ISM reports are quietly sending some unsettling signals underneath.

With rates on hold and confidence cratering, the RBNZ faces a delicate balancing act when it publishes its policies on Wednesday.

Iran rejected ceasefire terms on Monday as Trump escalated strike threats ahead of his Tuesday deadline, pressuring oil and the U.S. dollar while Bitcoin squeezed sharply higher.

The U.S. economy added 178K jobs in March. That’s THREE TIMES as much as the consensus of a 60K increase and the strongest jobs reading since December 2024. Here’s why USD barely budged.

“Don’t fight the Fed” is good advice — but what happens when a smaller central bank tries fighting everyone?”

Geopolitics, a blowout jobs report, and a surprise Swiss PMI kept traders guessing all week. Here’s how each major currency held up.

The RBA hiked to 4.10% while NZ holds at 2.25%. Learn how central bank policy divergence drives cross-rate moves like AUD/NZD and what a split board really signals.

A single survey miss rarely stops traders in their tracks, but a 27-point collapse in a leading indicator is a different conversation entirely.

Trump’s hawkish Iran speech sent oil prices surging more than 10% and triggered sharp swings across markets, with the U.S. dollar closing as the session’s top performer.

This week showed how markets move on expectations first, then reprice quickly when reality challenges what traders had already priced in.

Even though the market spotlight is mainly on the US-Iran war these days, US economic data could still make big waves since the Fed’s hawkish bias is being put in question. Here’s what to look out for in the NFP release.

Slightly stronger U.S. data boosted the dollar, but war driven uncertainty and rising input costs continue to cloud the broader outlook.