U.S. Treasury and Taiwan Central Bank agree to avoid exchange rate manipulation

By RoboForex Analytical Department The EUR/USD pair is trading flat on Thursday, hovering around 1.1587, following the House of Representatives’ approval of a short-term budget bill that ends the longest US government shutdown in history. The bill now awaits President Donald Trump’s signature – a formality that will allow shuttered government agencies to resume operations…

As we have frequently noted, a rate cut by the Federal Reserve seemed inevitable. Market participants debated whether the reduction would be 0.5% or 0.25%, and those predicting a 0.5% cut were proven correct. According to Bloomberg, a narrow majority of 10 out of 19 committee members supported the 50-basis-point cut. Seven members favoured an…

By JustMarkets  On Thursday, stocks in the US ended the session down. The Dow Jones Index (US30) was down 0.43%, while the S&P 500 Index (US500) fell by 0.88%. The NASDAQ Technology Index (US100) closed negative at 1.67% yesterday. The rise in bond yields on Thursday was negative for stocks. Hawkish comments from Kansas City Fed President Schmid pushed bond…

By InvestMacro Here are the latest charts and statistics for the Commitment of Traders (COT) data published by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The latest COT data is updated through Tuesday September 10th and shows a quick view of how large market participants (for-profit speculators and commercial traders) were positioned in the futures markets….