As the latest Fed meeting was accompanied by the central bank’s commitment to data dependence, flexibility and patience, the upcoming FOMC meeting minutes may have a significant impact on the markets

The Fed took a pause in hiking rates but the greenback rallies. After eight sessions of strength, the ascent stalled, however...

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand rate decision on Wednesday will attract market attention, as NZDUSD has been trading at three-week lows marginally above the 0.67 figure.

The greenback had a fruitful week, with the US currency has decently appreciated against most rivals. Safe haven demand was the key driver as investors continue to assess global growth prospects and further price in lower activity in major countries.

The US stock markets shifted to a recovery mode on Wednesday after an aggressive pre-Christmas sell-off. S&P 500 gained by nearly 5%, with most sectors turned green.

Global markets are trading in a risk-off mode on Thursday amid a potential escalation of US-China trade tensions despite the two countries reached a 90-daycease-fire a few days ago. The Huawei Technologies executive was arrested in Canada at the request of the United States.

Soft US retail sales data reignited concerns among investors and weakened risk appetite in the global financial markets. However, crude oil prices showed resilience and extended

Gold extends a gradual ascent on Wednesday but the dynamics still looks unsustainable. This is not surprising, considering a widespread investor optimism over trade talks in Beijing...

Crude oil prices resumed the downside move after a brief pause and could threaten the psychological support of $60 should the selling pressure persist. Brent is attempting to cling to the $61 handle but considering the general risk-off tone in the global financial markets,

Gold extends losses from last week’s highs and holds at fresh one-week lows registered on Thursday around $1302. As such, the precious metal has settled within striking distance from a psychologically important support at $1300.

Over the last month, BTCUSD is trading within the $8,000-10,000 range. Since May 5, when the price bumped into the psychological resistance of $10,000, the coin is mostly nursing losses. Bitcoin crashed to almost $8,000 overnight and tries to regain ground on Thursday, but the pair obviously lacks the bullish impetus

BTCUSD tried to stage a recovery over the weekend, but failed to confirm a break above the 100-DMA around $8,800 and resumed the bearish move on Tuesday. Today, the price has lost around 6% already, and the sell-off could intensify, should the coin lose the key $8,000 mark.

The cryptocurrency market continues to suffer losses on Friday, with Bitcoin is down almost 4% on the day. The coin failed to keep above the key $9,000 threshold and slipped to April 26 lows at $8,676. Should this level give up, we may see a decline towards $8,400 and then to the $8,000 area.  

BTCUSD refreshed early-March highs over the weekend, but then corrected rather sharply and continues to retreat on Monday.