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Flash composite PMI™ falls to 48.5 from 50.0, second-lowest since April 2009Output and new orders fall in manufacturing and servicesJobs cut for third straight month to mark worst spell for...

Failing to back up his colleague, CAD bears closed out after Poloz gave his neutral stance. Given the dovish remarks by BOC’s Deputy Governor Wilkins earlier in the week, all Poloz had to do...

As long as 1480 holds as resistance and trade headlines remain favorable, the path of least resistance points lower for gold. Yesterday we noted that yen pairs were testing key support levels whilst...

EuropeEquities are showing modest losses on the back of the US-China trade uncertainty. There was chatter from the US side that phase one of the trade deal won’t be agreed upon until 2020....

It is perhaps with some weary resignation that British Airways passengers have had to contend with yet another IT failure this week, with dozens of them stranded for hours on end, due to technical...

U.S. futures slip as U.S.-China Hong Kong tensions reach new heights European shares drop as steel giant Thyssenkrupp raises red flags Yuan strengthens mildly, suggesting trade deal hopes are still...

Kathy Lien, Managing Director Of FX Strategy For BK Asset ManagementDaily FX Market Roundup November 20, 2019The U.S. dollar rebounded against all of the major currencies on the back of relatively...

U.S. futures, European stocks markedly in the red as China rebukes U.S. interference in Hong Kong turmoil Gold, yen and dollar all climb on risk off; yields tumble Australian shares take a hit from...

View our guide on how to interpret the FX Dashboard FX Brief: China condemned the US “Hong Kong Human Right and Democracy Act” earlier passed by the US senate, and reiterated...

BOC’s Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins delivered, which appears to be laying the groundwork for a potential cut. While she tips her hat to an economy that is “relatively well...

The Citi US Economic Surprise Index has dropped below zero, meaning negative surprises outweigh positive macro-economic surprises. Several nowcast surveys are now predicting very little US GDP growth...

Is leadership at the European Central Bank (ECB) going from the imperious to the imperial? In one of her first acts as president of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, last week, took the other 24 members of...

Despite emergent doubts surrounding ‘phase one’ of the US-China trade deal, the European markets managed to climb higher after the bell.Even though Saturday morning’s phone call was...

The Chinese government took the wind out of the bull’s sails yesterday as it was reported that Beijing are pessimistic about the prospect of a trade deal as President Trump doesn’t want to...