Data and Fed officials take the dollar higher

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Send us Fan MailA huge week for markets is coming. US inflation, retail sales and GDP data collide with Q3 earnings from Wall Street’s biggest banks and AI giant Taiwan Semiconductor. With the dollar, euro, pound, gold and Nasdaq all facing major catalysts, volatility could be ab ...  Show more

The US dollar has been on a tear, just reaching a six-month high. It might be a sign investors and traders are getting used to the idea that US interest rates will be “higher for longer.” Today on the show, we look at the greenback’s continuing strength and try to understand h ...

Yesterday the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by 0.75% in another hawkish pivot in their on-going quest to tame inflation. They also said they intend to raise interest rates a further 1.75% across their remaining four meetings in 2022

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Strong US jobs data revived the Federal Reserve (Fed) hawks on Friday. The US 10-year yield jumped, and the US dollar gained. Gold gave back a part of gains, and US stocks closed in the negative, although the three major US indices closed the first week of August in the positive. ...  Show more