
Happy Friday, traders! Are you ready to trade at the end of the week? Here’s what you need to know before you start:
On Friday, the evergreen buck was intact against a basket of key currencies because focus shifted to American jobs data. Meanwhile, Donald Trump chose Fed Governor Jerome Powell to head the major US financial institution. The given decision didn’t appear to be unexpected for market participants.
On Thursday, Trump tapped Powell to lead the Fed, rejecting the second term for Janet Yellen, but nevertheless hinting at a continuation of her quite cautious monetary policy.
The US President’s decision turned to be in line with what traders had been actually expecting, and the US currency demonstrated quite limited reaction after the news.
The dollar index last kept to0 94.696, having grown from a one-week minimum of 94.411 hit on Thursday.
On Thursday, the evergreen buck had gone down after Republicans of the House of Representatives rolled out proposals to overhaul the tax code.
Against the Japanese yen, the greenback slid 0.1% being worth 113.94 yen, sliding below a 3-1/2 month maximum of 114.45 yen set last Friday. As for the common currency, it stood still at $1.1659.
Happy Friday, traders! Are you ready to trade at the end of the week? Here’s what you need to know before you start:
Now traders follow the economic events with new vision as inflation in the US seems like decreasing. Let’s see what releases will influence the market due to that factor.
The week will have the biggest event in the US political process over the last two years. How will the elections affect the Forex market? We covered the most important news of this week in this report.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will make a statement and release a Cash Rate on February 7, 05:30 GMT+2. It's among the primary tools the RBA uses to communicate with investors about monetary policy.
This week may be the most important since the year started as the Fed assess the economic outlook and the US presents fresh NFP readings.
S&P Global, a private banking company, will release a monthly change in British Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) on January 24, 11:30 GMT+2. The index is a leading indicator of economic health as businesses react quickly to market conditions, and purchasing managers hold the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy.
FBS maintains a record of your data to run this website. By pressing the “Accept” button, you agree to our Privacy policy.
Your request is accepted.
A manager will call you shortly.
Next callback request for this phone number
will be available in
If you have an urgent issue please contact us via
Live chat
Internal error. Please try again later
Don’t waste your time – keep track of how NFP affects the US dollar and profit!
Beginner Forex book will guide you through the world of trading.
We've emailed a special link to your e-mail.
Click the link to confirm your address and get Beginner Forex book for free.