The minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee's April 29-30 meeting supported market expectations that the central bank would leave rates steady at 2.00 percent when they meet again in June.

Various Federal Reserve officials continue to issue commentary suggesting that they will leave rates steady at their next meeting in June.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for May 21.

Sub-growth has become the norm in the United States.  Is inflation just a fact of life?

The key thing to watch for in the release of the Fed minutes is the commentary amongst the FOMC members regarding inflation, especially given rocketing energy and food prices.

Dollar weakness dominated the markets today with the greenback selling off against every major currency except for the Canadian dollar.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for May 20.

Inflation is usually followed by deflation, but not for the United States.  Are we getting them at the same time?

The US dollar has started the week strong thanks to the better than expected leading indicators report.

Investor sentiment throughout the Euro-zone is anticipate to improve very slightly in May as the ZEW survey is forecasted to edge up to -44.2 from -44.8.