Compare Interest of Major Economy

Trading Discussion News and Economy
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A look at Interest rate around the world. Only the US is having a rising trend. Commodity currency like Australia, New Zealand, and Canada follow second. Euro area and Japan still remain close to 0 interest rate.

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Indicator Date Value
United States - Fed Funds Rate 2018-12-19 2.5
Euro area - Interest Rate 2018-12-13 0
Australia - Interest Rate 2018-12-04 1.5
New Zealand - Interest Rate 2018-12-31 1.75
Japan - Interest Rate 2019-01-23 -0.1
Canada - Interest Rate 2019-01-09 1.75
United Kingdom - Interest Rate 2018-12-20 0.75
Switzerland - Interest Rate 2018-12-13 -0.75
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UK has moved from 0.25 to 0.5, to 0.75. Is that not rising?

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LIBOR rose too. Central Bank rates are only vaguely useful for most Forex traders aside from rate changes being price-action catalysts.

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If you look at this chart from the different angle you can guess which currencies are more or less stable, so you need to keep t mind. Yes, dollar is increasing and let’s get some use out if it. What pairs do you actually trade this? Does this kind of analysis helps you?

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