A weak dollar has caused major problems ranging from deteriorating export growth to inflation. The one good thing that the weaker dollar was supposed to do is to save the US manufacturing sector. Will it?

While Friday's US economic releases don’t tend to be incredibly market-moving, there are few other indicators scheduled to hit the wires and as a result, the markets could show very muted price action all day or these figures could spark a bit of volatility.

Negative economic data spurred mix trading for the US dollar, but continued to rack up gains against the low yielding Swiss franc.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for May 15.

The U.S. economy is still far from normal. When houses go down, so does the rest of the consumer economy.

Commentary by Federal Reserve officials has been focused on strong price pressures in the US economy. While FOMC Chairman Bernanke did note that the financial markets have yet to truly normalize, his recent speech on the Fed’s liquidity provisions suggests that this will continue to be the method of dealing with the credit crunch, rather than outright cuts to the target Fed Funds rate.

The US dollar extended its gains against every major currency.  Softer consumer prices have failed to stifle the dollar's recovery as the market wonders how much longer producers will be able to bear the brunt of higher prices.

While European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet maintained his hawkish posture during the press conference following the ECB’s last policy meeting and brushed off the downside risks to growth, upcoming economic data may give him reason to reconsider his position.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for May 14.

House prices are going down.  They'll take the American consumer down with them.  The crises may be over, but the long, slow, slump is still ahead.