Escalating tensions in Yemen have boosted gold’s allure going into the weekend and with short-dated US Treasury yields falling further, XAU/USD may have more room to run.

The euro’s lack of volatility underscores key horizontal levels and the potential for range trading. EU inflation and updated sentiment data unlikely to move the dial significantly

Recent bullish price action, combined with unimpressive GDP figures, provides a very uncertain landscape for the pound in big week for UK data

EUR/USD breached the psychological 1.1000 level before the weekend, but thoughts of further gains may not materialize until the New Year is in swing.

Global government bond yields are competing in a race to the bottom as central bankers prime the markets for a series of interest rate cuts in 2024.

Gold and silver turned early losses into respectable gains at the end of the week, driven by a dovish Federal Reserve outlook for the coming year.

A rather hawkish ECB statement probably sits somewhere between the BoE and the Dovish Fed, keeping the euro supported. What is likely to drive euro pairs next week?

The Bank of England this week reiterated their battle against inflation is far from over, leaving Sterling propped up by higher-for-longer rate expectations.

The updated Fed forecast next week can guide the dollar, and by extension, gold prices in the last weeks of 2023 as can the US CPI report. Oil hints at a bullish pullback

The ECB projections will hold the key in the week ahead as market participants still price in 125bps of rate cuts in 2024. Can the Central Bank arrest the Euros slide?