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Unemployment rose back to 5.3% (after a 1-month hiatus at 5.2%)Headline employment contracted by -19k (+15k expected) – its first contraction since September 2016Full-time employment...

FX Brief: NZD pairs spiked broadly higher after RBNZ held rates and didn’t deliver the dovish press conference that many expected. It raises the potential that (for now at least) 1%...

Before we see broad strength into or out of a particular currency, its not uncommon to see one or two related pairs take the lead before the others catch up. And that appears to be what is...

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) held and refrained talking their currency down. The Kiwi dollar spiked higher across the board. Official Cash Rate unchanged at 1 percent Inflation...

Now the world’s most valuable precious metal, Palladium prices have continued to soar this year after surpassing gold’s value in March. Yet its bump at the highs suggests a much-needed...

Whilst RBNZ are expected to cut rates again, but it remains unclear how dovish the statement will be, given the mixture of weak economic data of late alongside a lower currency and improved US-China...

FX Brief: A quiet start to the week with daily ranges averaging just 43% of their ATR’s overall. And, due to public holidays is U.S. and Canada, we could be in for a quiet session...

Bulls failed to conquer gold's key resistance at 1519.70 and prices have since rolled over. Given the series of doji’s, hammers and pinbars around this level, it was apparent the...

As of Tuesday 5th November: Large speculators were net-long USD by $12.2 billion, down by $0.34 billion the prior weekCAD traders were their most bullish in two yearsAUD traders were their...

A lacklustre finish for the week puts a potential head and shoulders top in focus for ASX 200. We also flag a few equities we're monitoring for breakouts. Australia 200 CFD/DFT: The index...

FX Brief: Officials from US and China have confirmed that both sides could roll back tariffs as part of the phase one trade deal, although no timetable has been presented.Chinese exports...

Whilst the S&P 500 bullish trend rages on, there are near-term signs of exhaustion. Yet looking at the leaders and the laggards, it also appears that the driving forces behind these...

FX Brief: The Japanese yen is the strongest major on reports that China and U.S. may not sign a deal until December. Unless of course this gets pushed further back, which appears to be...

November has been off to a much better start for USD than October ended. Add seasonality to the Mix and DXY could be in for a positive close this month. This ties in nicely with Tuesday’s...

The tables could be turning for risk, with several JPY crosses looking like they’re finally topping out and due their anticipated corrections. With indices just off record highs and...

FX Brief: Quiet ranges across the FX space, although most of the action was seen prior to the Asia open following weak employment data from NZ. With employment becoming a mandate for RBNZ,...