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How-To Guides
2026-04-21
How to Pull Macro Data into Excel / Google Sheets
Step-by-step guide to pulling live macroeconomic data from FXMacroData into Excel via Power Query or VBA, and into Google Sheets via Apps Script — with automatic refresh and clean row formatting.
Product Updates
2026-04-21
Introducing the Risk On / Risk Off Composite Indicator
FXMacroData now publishes a daily composite Risk Sentiment score — a bounded [-1, +1] signal built from four cross-asset inputs that tells you instantly whether the market is risk-on or risk-off, and what that means for your FX positioning.
Macro Education
2026-04-21
Sight Deposits and CHF Intervention Signals
SNB sight deposits are the most transparent real-time proxy for CHF intervention available to FX markets. Each week the Swiss National Bank publishes the total held by domestic banks — a number that rises sharply when the SNB is buying foreign currency to weaken the franc and falls when it is selling. This guide explains how to read the series, what thresholds matter, and how CHF traders combine it with FX reserves, the balance sheet, and the policy rate to build a complete intervention risk framework.
Market Analysis
2026-04-21
CNY Managed Float and Emerging Market Contagion
The PBOC's managed float is more than an exchange-rate tool — it is a macro contagion lever. When Beijing adjusts the CNY fixing, the shockwave travels through AUD, BRL, KRW, and the broader EM FX complex within hours. This article maps the transmission channels, the historical devaluation episodes, and the data signals that give traders early warning.
Market Analysis
2026-04-21
EUR Inflation vs. ECB Dovishness: The Disconnect
Eurozone headline inflation has bounced between 2% and 2.5% for most of 2025–2026, services prices remain stubbornly above 3.5%, yet the ECB has cut rates seven times and signalled more easing ahead. This deep-dive maps the divergence between what the inflation data says and what the ECB is doing — and explains what it means for EUR/USD, the rate differential trade, and the key signals to watch in Q2 2026.
Macro Education
2026-04-21
Gold vs. Real Yields: TIPS at a 2008 High and Gold Gives Ground (October 2026)
As of 6 October 2026 the US 10-year TIPS real yield is 2.95%, its highest close since 2008, with breakevens flat at 2.36%. Gold has fallen 5.1% since 10 September and given back most of its August rally, but still holds above $4,000. What the data shows and the levels that confirm or invalidate the inverse relationship.
Market Analysis
2026-04-21
Trade Wars and Safe-Haven Flows: How Tariffs Drive USD and JPY
Tariffs are not just trade policy — they are a macro shock that fractures the traditional dollar safe-haven narrative, sends capital flooding into the yen, and compresses the US–Japan rate differential. This analysis covers the 2025–2026 tariff escalation cycle, explains why JPY outperforms USD in trade-war risk-off, and provides a practical signal framework for trading USD/JPY through each regime.
News
2026-04-21
Forex Market Recap - April 21, 2026: EUR/JPY falls to 186.88; Silver surges 6.96% in Quiet Macro Trade
Daily forex market recap for April 21, 2026: no scheduled macro releases landed in the 24-hour window. Rate differentials, positioning, major pairs, and commodity moves remained the main drivers across the FX complex.
Market Analysis
2026-04-21
CAD Under Pressure: Tariffs, Oil, and the BoC Easing Cycle
Three forces are converging on the Canadian dollar simultaneously: the broadest Canada-US tariff escalation since NAFTA, a WTI crude price that has spent most of 2025-2026 below $75, and a BoC overnight rate sitting 175-200 bps below the Fed. This article maps all three headwinds, shows how they interact, and identifies the signals that will determine whether USD/CAD finds a ceiling or continues higher.
Market Analysis
2026-04-21
Current Account Surplus/Deficit and Long-Term Currency Direction
Persistent current account imbalances are among the most reliable long-run anchors for FX direction. This article explains the transmission mechanism from surplus/deficit to currency flows, maps the current positions of major G10 currencies, and identifies the pairs where the structural balance is most likely to drive the next multi-year trend.
How-To Guides
2026-04-21
How to Connect FXMacroData to Cursor AI (MCP)
Connect FXMacroData to Cursor AI via MCP and query live macro announcements, release calendars, COT data, and FX spot rates from inside your editor — in natural language.
News
2026-04-20
Forex Market Recap - April 20, 2026: EUR/JPY trades near 187.72; Silver surges 10.21% in Quiet Macro Trade
Daily forex market recap for April 20, 2026: no scheduled macro releases landed in the 24-hour window. Rate differentials, positioning, major pairs, and commodity moves remained the main drivers across the FX complex.
