Gold (XAU/USD) Under Pressure as Precious Metal Fails to Attract Haven Bids

The Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) decided to hike the interest rates for the first time after 17 years but the yen has been weakening since then, on fear that this would be a ‘one and done’ cut. As a result, not only that the yen bulls are nowhere to be found but some traders revised […]

USDJPY consolidates its 2024 upleg between key boundaries Momentum indicators point lower, but trend signals remain positive FOMC policy announcement due at 19:00 GMT USDJPY has been facing difficulties in surpassing the 148.30 region for almost two weeks, but the 147.45 region, which coincides with the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of the November-December downleg, kept bearish […]

Fed sticks to ‘higher for longer’ mentality PMIs pose downside risks to nonfarm payrolls But point to sticky wage growth The data comes out on Friday, at 12:30 GMT US inflation slows but Fed signals patience Although the latest CPI data revealed that inflation in the US has resumed its downtrend, Fed officials have been […]