Partner Center In case you were too busy cheering Bam Adebayo beating Kobe Bryant’s record for the second-highest scoring game in NBA history, you should know that the U.S. dollar is climbing while almost everything else is struggling. Behind the move are two powerful forces working at the same time

Partner Center If you’ve been watching currency markets this week and wondering why the Australian dollar is suddenly the hottest currency on the board, you’re not alone. AUD has climbed to its highest level since June 2022, and it’s up more than 13% over the past 12 months. So, what’s driving the m

Partner Center The U.S. Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% month-over-month in February 2026, meeting consensus expectations and holding the annual inflation rate steady at 2.4%, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). However, the broadly in-line report was immedia

Partner Center Just a few weeks ago, U.S. inflation was looking like a problem nearly solved. The U.S. Consumer Price Index came in at 2.4% in January, its lowest reading in years, and traders were confidently pricing in Fed rate cuts by June. The finish line was in sight. Then, on February 28, ̶t̶h

Partner Center Earlier this week we’ve seen a major whipsaw in crude oil, as WTI spiked above $119 per barrel then crashed right back below $100 in a single trading session. This kind of 25% intraday swing doesn’t happen without a serious reason. And the reason still revolves around the Strait of Ho

Partner Center If you’re new to trading, it’s easy to assume that all “safe-haven” currencies do the same thing when markets panic: they go up. Last week was a brutal reminder that they don’t. After the US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Kha

Partner Center If you’ve been keeping tabs on U.S. economic reports this week, the numbers are looking almost too good to be true. Manufacturing is growing again. The services sector is firing on all cylinders. Businesses are optimistic. So why does the Fed still seem to be on edge? Buried inside th

Partner Center With Middle East tensions still dominating headlines, markets are buzzing about what the closure of the Strait of Hormuz could mean for the global economy. Are recession bells about to ring soon? The Strait of Hormuz, which is that narrow stretch of water between Iran and Oman, has be

Partner Center Australia’s economy grew 0.8% in the December quarter of 2025 in seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The result matched the pace recorded in the June quarter and marked a clear acceleration from the 0.5% expansion i

Partner Center When crude oil prices spiked past $83 a barrel this week due to supply threats in the Strait of Hormuz, the Canadian dollar (CAD) began outperforming most major currencies. This occurred because Canada’s status as a top global oil exporter means its currency naturally tends to strengt

Partner Center The ISM Manufacturing PMI slipped just 0.2 points to 52.4 in February, but it still topped the 51.8 forecast and stayed firmly in expansion territory. That makes it two straight months above 50, and only the third time in the past 40 months that manufacturing has managed to hold that

Partner Center The Japanese Yen (JPY) faced a bruising sell-off this week, retreating sharply against all major counterparts as a one-two punch of political interference and dovish personnel shifts cast doubt on the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) path toward interest rate normalization. After months of marke

Partner Center When a chip giant’s $68 billion revenue quarter raises more questions than celebrations, forex traders get a masterclass in how markets actually work Nvidia just did what it always does: crushed expectations. The AI chip leader reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $68.1 billion o

Partner Center If you tuned out of President Trump’s State of the Union address late Tuesday thinking it was just political theater, you may have missed some important market signals. Presidential speeches rarely move markets on their own — but this one landed in the middle of a perfect storm: a fre

Partner Center Australia’s consumer prices rose more than expected in January, while core inflation climbed to its highest level in over a year, solidifying market expectations for another RBA interest rate hike. The monthly headline CPI rose 0.4% in January, beating the median forecast of a 0.3% up