
Weekly Market Sentiment – 21 December 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutesIntro Of all the high-impact news events last week, we saw some notable movement on JPY pairs. It was a historic moment as the Bank of Japan raised the interest

Reading Time: 3 minutesIntro Of all the high-impact news events last week, we saw some notable movement on JPY pairs. It was a historic moment as the Bank of Japan raised the interest

Reading Time: 3 minutesIntro While the kiwi and Aussie were strong of late, they didn’t perform as well this time (although NZD was the strongest of the two). Despite being down the previous

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Reading Time: 4 minutesIntro As predicted, New Zealand’s central bank cut its interest rate by 25 basis points on Tuesday. While we had expected a Kiwi drop, it turned out to be the

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Reading Time: 4 minutesIntro As predicted, New Zealand’s central bank cut its interest rate by 25 basis points on Tuesday. While we had expected a Kiwi drop, it turned out to be the

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Reading Time: 4 minutesIntro It was a fairly calm week in forex since our last report. While AUD and NZD were among the biggest losers, my sentiment remains unchanged for both. The same

Reading Time: 3 minutesIntro Last week played out several of my sentiment ratings to varying degrees. The most notable was the weakening of JPY and GBP. Based on recent chart performance, I’ve upgraded

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Reading Time: 3 minutesIntro While the Aussie and kiwi were fairly strong last week, the tide changed in this one. I’ve leaned back to ‘bearish’ on NZD (from neutral last time), while it’s

Reading Time: 3 minutesIntro This past week was quite telling and has led me to alter some of my sentiment ratings. The Aussie and USD were among the strongest currencies, necessitating a re-evaluation