The militant group that calls itself Islamic State (ISIS) is exploiting national banking operations in Iraq and could be making up to $25 million a month in Middle Eastern money markets, according to experts. Speaking to a U.K. parliamentary subcommittee set up to examine how Britain could help disrupt ISIS ...

Here is a fun fact: spot Gold has made a larger range in February 2016 than it did during any other month since August 2013, which is two and a half years ago. It seems as if volatility has returned to this market, and volatility means traders have a good ...

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MOSCOW–Russia and China have agreed to open a bilateral foreign-exchange swap line to boost trade and investment cooperation, the Bank of Russia said Wednesday. The Bank of Russia said the two parties successfully tested forex swaps in 2015 and were ready to enact the forex swap if needed. Earlier, Russia ...

The single currency has attempted a bull run to the area of 1.0880, although the up move run out of vigour and prompted EUR\USD to return near 1.0860. EUR/USD choppy ahead of ADP The pair remains within a 30-pip range for the time being, meandering between 1.0850 and 1.0880 following ...

Finally some partially positive news from the US manufacturing sector: a score of 49.5 points in the ISM Manufacturing PMI. This is still in negative territory (under 50) but better than expected and with a better employment component.  The US dollar is rising but certainly doesn’t get too far. The ...

World shares and bond yields rose on Wednesday as the recent recovery in oil prices and a batch of positive economic data from Australia to the United States calmed fears of a global economic slowdown. Asian stocks hit a two-month high, Japan’s and China’s main indices both rose more than ...

The happy mood continues with the Australian and Canadian dollars both enjoying positive GDP reports. EUR/USD remains under pressure and USD/JPY is marching forward. Will these trends extend? Join me for a live market open, hosted by FXStreet: walking though recent developments and their impact on currencies, going through charts of majors, minors and crosses, previewing [...]

The ANZ Economics Team is forecasting a 0.5% q/q increase in Australia’s Q4 GDP today vs 0.4% expected, which would suggest that growth remains modestly below trend. key Quotes “ANZ is forecasting a 0.5% q/q increase in Q4 GDP (mkt: 0.4% q/q) following the 0.9% q/q rise in Q3. Year ...

Research Team at Danske Bank, suggests that today is the big manufacturing PMI day in Europe. Key Quotes “On the back of the fall in the euro area PMI figures last week, the direction of change for Spain and Italy is already set and we expect to see a solid ...