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USD Erases Gains after FED Minutes

The anticipated FED minutes were released today, and has caused a bearish reaction to the USD.
The main take away from the meeting, was as follows
Most participants anticipated that, based on their assessment of the current economic situation and their outlook for economic activity, the labor market, and inflation, these condiitions could well be met by the time of the next meeting.

Essentially, confirming the rate hike. Sounds quite good for the USD
So why the sell off? This is the essence of …
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USD Catching a strong bid at NY Open

The USD remains strong to start the week as New York bid up the Dollar strong at the open.
According to Bloomberg the market is now pricing in a 70-75% chance of a rate hike at the December meeting.
USDCAD has been quite strong, the chart below shows it trading within a 1H Channel up, which offers some potentially low risk entries to climb on the USD Bull train.
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NFP Numbers contribute to divergent monetary policy outlook

The numbers coming out of the United States were nothing short of fantastic.
Unlike any previous release, dynamics have changed in the markets.
For a large part of the week, the US Dollar was receiving a strong bid. There was some contributing factors such as negative data out of NZD and GBP, and the markets still considering the negative view point of the EURO where the ECB is seriously considering further QE..
The negative outlooks on several economies, combined with positive data out of the U
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