Hey FX playas, grab your coffee and settle in – we’re heading into a week when the Fed’s favorite inflation gauge takes center stage!

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UBS said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech was “classic Powell” — signalling a higher probability of a September rate cut to offset the drag from trade tariffs, but offering little in the way of a medium-term framework for an economy facing structural upheaval. Markets welcomed the rate-cut hints, but the bank argued the message was essentially…

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The price of Gold jumped by around $50 to just under $3,380 per troy ounce on Friday afternoon, Commerzbank’s commodity analyst Carsten Fritsch notes. Gold might not overpass the $3,400 mark “This was triggered by Fed Chairman Powell’s speech at the annual Fed symposium in Jackson Hole. In his speech, he paved the way for an interest rate cut…

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2025.08.26 2025.08.26 Short-Term Analysis for BTCUSD, XRPUSD, and ETHUSD for 26.08.2025 Roman Oneginhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/roman-onegin/ Dear readers, I’ve prepared a short-term forecast for Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum based on the Elliott wave analysis. The article covers the following subjects: Major Takeaways BTCUSD: The correction is completed. Expect the price to rise in sub-wave 5 to a high of 124,560.00. Consider long positions….

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If you thought reality TV was spicy, wait until you see U.S. politics colliding with the Federal Reserve. Late Monday, Donald Trump posted a letter on Truth Social saying he had “sufficient cause” to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. The alleged reason? Claims that she falsified mortgage documents. That’s some serious drama—but before you start trading everything in…

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The USDCAD tested a key support swing area yesterday on two separate occasions between 1.3813 and 1.3832. Each time, buyers emerged and pushed the pair higher. Today, however, the price has slipped back into that same zone, with the low reaching 1.3823 — right in the middle of the support band. Just below, a cluster of moving averages adds…

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The Australian Dollar remains resilient against the US Dollar despite a modest rebound in the Greenback. Focus shifts to Tuesday’s RBA Meeting Minutes following the central bank’s decision to cut the cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.60% in the August meeting. Australia’s July monthly CPI is due on Wednesday, with inflation expected to rise to 2.3% YoY…

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2025.08.26 2025.08.26 Crude Braces For Decline As India May Refrain From Russian Oil. Forecast as of 26.08.2025 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ The oil market is moving towards an expected surplus. It is so significant that the downward trend for Brent will likely persist. However, geopolitics will trigger corrections. Let’s discuss this topic and make a trading plan. The article covers the…

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Markets lost some juice on Monday after last week’s Powell hype wore off and traders started taking profits. Stocks in Europe and the U.S. slipped as traders got cautious ahead of new U.S. data and central bank speeches. Meanwhile, oil popped higher and bitcoin slid back toward a key chart level. Here’s how major asset classes performed in the…

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One useful way to understand the flow of money in and out of the stock market is by looking at market-on-close (MOC) order imbalances. These imbalances reflect whether big institutions such as mutual funds, ETFs, and pensions are leaning more toward buying or selling as the market closes. While retail traders rarely have direct access to this data, at…

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