Dollar Climbs after FOMC Minutes Confirm September Taper Euro May Not Hold 1.3300 if PMI Figures Point to Growth Troubles Japanese Yen: Will BoJ Governor Kuroda Talk Stimulus at Jackson Hole? Emerging Market Currencies Suffer Another Heavy Tumble to Record Lows British Pound Steady Read More →

The Dow Jones-FXCM U.S. Dollar Index regained its footing ahead of the FOMC Minutes, while we’re seeing the British Pound outperform against its major counterparts. Index Last High Low Daily Change (%) Daily Range (% of ATR) DJ-FXCM Dollar Index 10697.37 10711.48 10675.21 0.22 61.29% USDOLLAR 30-Minute Chart - Created Using FXCM Marketscope 2.0 USDOLLAR Read More →

Trading the News: Federal Open Market Committee Minutes The Federal Open Market Committees (FOMC) Minutes is likely to heavily influence the U.S. dollar over the next 24-hours of trading amid the growing discussion at the central bank to scale back on Read More →

EUROPEAN SESSION UPDATE: The head of the German central bank again criticizes ECB procedure; future of the target interest rate is still unclear… Want to trade with proprietary strategies developed by FXCM? Find out how here. Something seems to be eating at Read More →

Crude oil and gold prices may yield divergent and somewhat counter-intuitive results if minutes from July’s FOMC meeting bolster the case for a September “taper”. Talking Points Gold May Rise as US Dollar Falls on Status-Quo Fed Taper Cues in FOMC Minutes Crude Read More →