Buckle up, forex fiends – we’ve got quite a week ahead of us! All eyes are on two potential big market movers: Trump’s inauguration ceremony and what could be a game-changing Bank of Japan meeting.

The dollar’s been taking quite a beating lately, thanks to inflation finally cooling off and some Fed officials hinting at rate cuts sooner rather than later. But here’s where it gets interesting – Trump’s about to step into office with some potentially market-shaking trade policies up his sleeve, while the BOJ looks ready to finally take interest rates higher (a huge deal for anyone trading the yen, which has already been on a tear).

Meanwhile, we’re getting our first real look at how the global economy is doing in 2025 with a bunch of PMI numbers dropping this week. Leading economic indicators mixed in with some political and monetary policy drama, and we’ve got ourselves a recipe for some serious market moves ahead.