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Despite a slight decline from its highest levels since 2002, around 109 range, it is just a correction, and the green king, the US dollar, will resume its rally…

The past two years have seen the biggest swings in oil prices in 14 years, which have baffled markets, investors, and traders due to geopolitical tensions and the shift towards clean energy.

The bad news is that the US economy slowed for the second consecutive quarter in 2022, entering a technical recession.

The US central bank will lift interest rates at its next meeting on Wednesday, July 27. We'll watch if the Federal Reserve goes with a 75-basis-point or a 100bp hike. Several factors influence the Fed's decision. In theory, the Fed's goal in using a rate hike tool is to tame inflation without causing a recession.

US stocks have delivered their worst first half of a year in more than 50 years triggered by the Fed's attempt to control inflation and growing concerns about recession.

Powell wants a soft landing for inflation, as Greenspan did in 1994. But it looks like he will get a hard landing.

After months of pressure from the White House, Saudi Arabia relented and agreed with other OPEC+ members to increase production.

The pandemic continues hurting economic activity in China, the war in Ukraine is hitting the entire European economy, and the Fed's efforts to control inflation threaten to trigger a recession. 

Whenever inflation exceeds 4% and unemployment falls below 5%, the US economy enters a recession in two years.

Dovish ECB and hawkish Fed paint a bearish outlook for the EUR/USD. Is declining to 1.0770 the next stop?

The move by the US and its Western allies to freeze most of Russia's foreign exchange reserves has raised fears that the US dollar is being used as a weapon. That could wreck the greenback's dominance.

The era of COVID-19 cheap money is over. Who is afraid of the Fed's tightening cycle? Apparently not stock-market investors.