Market Overview
A weak JOLTS report reinforced the likelihood of multiple Fed rate cuts this year
2025.02.05
The Mexican peso held near 20.36 per US dollar, supported by US President Trump's decision to postpone the imposition of 25% tariffs on Mexican imports, easing fears of economic turmoil and dampening...
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Trump suspended planned tariffs on Mexico and Canada after talks with their leaders
2025.02.04
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Trump's tariff policy could lead to trade wars between key economies
2025.02.03
Relations between longtime allies the US and Canada, which has the world's longest land border, have reached a new low. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said he was imposing tariffs on 155 billion Cana...
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Week's main events (February 03 – February 07)
2025.02.03
The main events this week will be US labor market data and BoE meetings
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Trump confirmed plans to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico
2025.01.31
According to BEA's preliminary estimate, the US economy is expected to grow at an annualized rate of 2.3% in Q4 2024, the slowest pace in three quarters, down from 3.1% in Q3 and projections of 2.6%.
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The Bank of Canada and the Riksbank cut rates expectantly. The US Fed took a pause on interest rate cuts.
2025.01.30
The US Federal Reserve kept the federal funds rate at 4.25%-4.5% at its January 2025 meeting, in line with expectations. The Central Bank halted its rate-cutting cycle after three consecutive rate cut...
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Australian dollar falls amid soft inflation data. Natural gas prices fell to a 3-week low
2025.01.29
The Australian dollar fell below USD 0.625 on Wednesday, posting a third straight session of losses as weaker-than-expected domestic inflation data fueled expectations of an interest rate cut by the R...
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DeepSeek sends NVDA into a knockdown. Falling oil prices have a negative impact on commodity currencies
2025.01.28
Shares of chipmakers and artificial intelligence-related companies fell on Monday as Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek appears to be delivering performance comparable to Western chatbot...
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The Mexican peso hit a one-month-high. Silver price under pressure from weak data from China and Trump's tariff policy
2025.01.27
Silver prices (XAG/USD) fell by 1% on Monday, reversing gains from the previous session as the dollar recovered after US President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs and sanctions on Colombia ren...
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Week's main events (January 27 – January 31)
2025.01.27
FOMC, ECB and BoC meeting in investors' focus this week
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