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Short answer: this ForexTradeLab archive collects 17 research pages on Fundamental Analysis — education and broker mechanics, not live signals.
How institutional macro desks use the 2-Year (US02Y) and 10-Year (US10Y) Treasury yields, 10-Year TIPS real yields, and 2s10s curve shifts to filter EUR/USD, USD/JPY, and XAU/USD setups—plus how to track yield differentials and 13:00 ET Treasury auctions on free charts.
A 2026 field guide to the FOMC dot plot: what one dot is, why the median is not a committee vote, how to read range versus central tendency, and how to diff the September 2026 SEP against June — with official Federal Reserve tables, not a USD trade.
A 2026 one-page journal for FOMC and ECB days: write the priced path first, score action, path and risk-balance separately, and stop calling a modal hold an edge — with official June 2026 FOMC minutes and the September 2026 Fed and ECB teaching files.
A 2026 guide to FOMC SEP fan charts: Table 2 RMSE bands, why plus-or-minus one error is about 70 percent coverage, why that band is not a take-profit, and how it differs from the dot-plot range — using the official 16 September 2026 tables.
A 2026 field guide to the ECB’s three clocks: the 14:15 decision, the 14:45 press conference, and the later documents — what each object is, why Q&A can refuse a path the hike already printed, and how to read the 10 September 2026 package without treating the first EUR wick as a signal.
A 2026 field guide to hawkish versus dovish central-bank language: what the words actually signal, why a rate hold can still move FX, how to separate surprise from the decision, and a five-line statement checklist — with Fed, ECB and BIS sources.
A practical guide to trade-balance and current-account data: definitions, accounting identities, release surprises, financing quality, revisions, terms-of-trade shocks and a four-panel dashboard for forex analysis.
A practical, risk-first guide to reading manufacturing, services, composite, flash, and final PMI releases—then translating surprises, components, and revisions into disciplined forex scenarios.
A practical 2026 explainer of purchasing power parity (PPP), real exchange rates and the IMF-style REER: why the law of one price is a long-run idea, why half-lives are measured in years, and how retail traders should use (not trade) PPP.
A 2026 explainer of official foreign-exchange intervention: spot vs verbal, sterilised vs unsterilised, why central banks intervene, what BIS/IMF research emphasises, and how retail traders should respond without inventing a ‘central-bank fade’ system.
A clear 2026 guide to covered interest parity (CIP), uncovered interest parity, and the cross-currency basis: what the textbook says, why CIP broke after the global financial crisis, and what retail traders should (and should not) infer from overnight swaps.
An evidence-based 2026 guide to central bank digital currencies and FX: wholesale vs retail CBDC, BIS projects Mariana and Rialto, IMF cross-border flow research, and why CBDCs are not a retail trading signal or crypto substitute.
A practical guide to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for forex traders — what the data measures, which currency futures to track, how to spot crowded positioning, and how to combine COT with price action without treating it as a crystal ball.
How forex carry trades turn an interest-rate gap into daily swap, why that credit is not income, and which rates on this page are still current. The October 2026 gap this guide will quote is the 16 September Fed target of 3.75–4.00% against the 31 July Bank of Japan rate near 1.0%. The May rate card is historical.
An evidence-based guide to how interest-rate expectations, central-bank communication and balance-sheet policy can affect currencies, including the limits and risks of event trading.
Major macro themes that could shape currency volatility in 2026: central-bank policy paths, the US dollar, energy and safe havens, Asia and data releases—plus how to use themes without overfitting your strategy.
A practical framework for reading the forex economic calendar: which releases move which pairs, the difference between consensus and surprise, volatility windows, and how to size around binary events.
