Despite mixed economic data, the US dollar strengthened against both the euro and Japanese yen.

The release of Canadian consumer spending data is likely to add to evidence suggesting that the Bank of Canada will leave rates unchanged going forward, and may even consider raising rates.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for June 19.

Consumers and central banks are both trapped. Central banks want to lower rates and increase liquidity in order to stimulate a sagging economy. But their inflation no longer swells assets prices and nourishes economic growth; now it leaks into consumer prices.

With no economic data released today, the US dollar weakened modestly as traders toy with the idea of whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in the third quarter.

The release of Canadian inflation data is likely to remind the markets of the Bank of Canada's surprise decision to leave rates steady at 3.00%.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for June 18.

Todd Gordon thinks we have seen the short-term highs in the dollar, but he doesn't want to chase this dollar weakness tonight.

There’s no doubt the Federal Reserve holds a much more hawkish bias nowadays, but is their stance extreme enough to warrant a preemptive rate hike next week?

The socialization of the mortgage business may be a vote-getting idea in any housing downturn.  In an election year, it is unstoppable.