With inflation skyrocketing and gas prices hitting an average of $4 a gallon, the US government wants the dollar to rise.

In a Bloomberg News poll of 25 economists, all but one expects the Bank of Canada to cut rates by 25bps on Tuesday to 2.75 percent, the lowest target rate since September 2005.

Today, we have to look at the unemployment numbers, and the connection between the credit crisis and the rise in oil of about $16 dollars a barrel in just two days.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for June 9.

Currency strategist Boris Schlossberg analyzes the major currencies for the week of June 9.

What happens when one bubble runs into another one?  Which bubble survives?  Or the bubble in the people who buy them?

It was a dramatic end to the week for the US dollar and the markets in general. The NFP release lived up to its title as the top market-moving indicator with a reading that sent the greenback tumbling for a second consecutive session and the Dow plunging nearly 400 points.

U.K. factory gate prices are expected to increase to 7.7% in May from 7.5% the month prior.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for June 6.

Non-Farm Payrolls will tell us Friday.