The cartel is meeting to discuss possible production cuts.
The world was facing an unprecedented oil glut in 2014. This was caused by technological advancement, which had led to countries within OPEC and outside of it, such as the United States, being capable of much higher volumes of production. The US's method of shale oil extraction, in particular, allowed America to produce high amounts of oil at low costs.
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Decreasing oil prices was the only factor that negatively impacted the CAD but now the deals in favor of the CAD seem the most effective.
The uptrend formed in October continues, but is losing its intensity. The trend was formed under the influence of a number of factors, the main of which was the sharp decline in oil prices, which is why the Canadian dollar was under pressure because the Canadian economy depends on oil exports and oil value.
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The pair is in a correction.
At the current moment, after updating the annual minimums, we are seeing a correction for the pair.
During yesterday's vote of confidence in the Prime Minister, the pair began to grow and after an attempt to remove Theresa May was unsuccessful, the pair continued its upward movement.
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May's attempts to get a better deal from the EU have failed.

At the risk of repeating ourselves, we have to acknowledge that Brexit continues to be a topic that dominates both our news feeds, and the financial markets in general, as analysts try to anticipate what would happen after the March 29 deadline with Europe, the United Kingdom, and the British pound, among other things.

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We should sell the pair today, as it is headed even lower.
Today we would take a look at the EUR/USD currency pair. The pair continues to rapidly fluctuate but remains overall lower.
Things continue to look bad for the European single currency. Last week we got to hear from the European Central Bank, whose expectations about the economy are somewhat pessimistic.
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The pair is trading in a corridor.
At the moment on our chart we see that our pair continues to be in the corridor 1.1270-1.1440.
Despite the expectation of the Fed raising interest rates tomorrow, the pair is showing growth. Even the current data from Germany could not deploy a pair.
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A no-deal Brexit seems more and more likely by the day.
In the United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May continues to try to convince enough members of Parliament to support her deal with the European Union, as there won't be another one offered.
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A new rate hike was just implemented, but what lies ahead?
Since the financial crisis of 2008, the Federal Reserve has taken a very careful approach to regulating the American economy. A few years ago they saw signs that the United States are improving, shaking off the damage done by the crisis, and so the Fed began to gradually increase interest rates in accordance with inflation growth.
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Oil is still in search of the price minimum of the year. Amid negative sentiments on the market, it is unlikely that prices will be restored quickly. However, in the long term the deals to BUY seem the most effective.
The rapid downward trend formed in October 2018 continues. A few months ago almost nobody assumed a drop in prices below $50, but this psychological mark was successfully overcome after a month of testing.
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The pair seeks to refresh lows
In the last trading days of this year, we observe that the fall of the dollar has stopped as well as the fall in oil prices.
The weakening of the reserve currency pushed the pair up, and the decline in oil prices supported the downward movement. We observed a delicate balance in this confrontation.
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A look back at the key events of this year.

As another year is around the corner, we thought it would be a good idea to take a look back at some of the most important developments in 2018, since the future is always influenced by the past. Here are some of the major topics that had investors at the edge of their seats this year.

Trade Wars
Hardly anyone would argue that the trade war that Donald Trump started by unilaterally imposing tariffs on imports from other countries is likely the most defining event in terms of economics in 2018. With countries responding with tariffs on their own in retaliation, most notably from China, this year's trade wars officially began. The full impact of the trade dispute is far from clear, but even a few months into the tariffs, growth started slowing down globally, struggling markets suffered even worse losses, and the demand for oil dropped as industrial activity staggered.

The United States and China agreed to a temporary (90-day) truce to last between January and March 2019, during which they would not impose further tariffs on each other and focus on negotiations instead. However, as the two countries engaged in such talks on and off multiple times in 2018 to no avail, investors are not exactly optimistic about the two leading economies managing to resolve all of their crucial differences in such a short amount of time.

The Crisis of Developing Markets
Developing countries such as Argentina and Turkey had a very rough year. As is the case with many such economies, they have large international debts in USD. But with the economic climate improving constantly in the United States, the Federal Reserve had to hike rates four times this year alone. This led to a very strong dollar, making developing countries' debts worth way more than they used to be. Argentina had to ask for a bailout by the IMF, while Turkey's lira crashed dramatically.

Even stronger economies, such as Europe's Italy and France, have a dark shadow of stagnant growth looming over their shoulder in this economic climate.

Brexit
The issue of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union has been on investors' minds for over a year now, but with the March 29 deadline approaching fast and no deal in sight, it has become a particularly hot topic. The UK's Prime Minister Theresa May even survived a vote of no confidence which came after she delayed the vote on the deal she negotiated with the European Union, once it became clear how strongly the UK Parliament opposes this agreement. The EU has not offered anything better and a vote on this deal will happen in January, though a win is not likely. In that case the United Kingdom will have 21 days to offer a new deal. Nevertheless, the European Union has been firm in their terms, so there isn't much else the United Kingdom might bring forward to the discussion table that the bloc might consider.

The biggest problem with Brexit has been that the politicians pushing for the leave vote expected to have a perfect Brexit, negotiate the best possible conditions whereby the United Kingdom gets to enjoy the benefits of the EU (free access to their single market, etc.) without any of the negatives (free movement of people), which was never a real possibility in reality. The European Union wants to make this divorce difficult to discourage any other member states from thinking about leaving.

At this moment in time, a no deal Brexit seems the most likely. This makes the United Kingdom a major source of uncertainty in Europe.

Oil Prices Collapse
Oil prices were climbing steadily in 2017 and this year managed to reach levels from 2014 near $80. However, the lower demand due to the economic slowdown in many countries and the trade war between the US and China, as well as the United States' continued effort to increase oil production led to another state of oversupply on the market. OPEC members managed to agree earlier this month on another production cut, but unfortunately, this did not stabilize prices much. This week oil slumped below $50, undoing most of the hard work of the past two years to increase oil prices.

In other words, 2018 was quite a busy year, but it seems many of the trends started this year are yet to produce results, so we need to look to 2019 for their resolution.

Apple shares dropped massively, sending investors scrambling.
[/color]Last night the Japanese yen experienced a flash crash, whereby it rose in price dramatically in a very short period of time. The rapid increase was due to international traders suddenly trying to buy the yen as a safety asset after news from Apple Inc. that their profits shrank in December much more than anticipated.
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The dollar weakens.
[/color]Among the significant events of today, we expect the release of data regarding the US labor market. The data currently released from the EU did not show the best performance.
[/color]Despite this, the momentum of the pair received an upward boost and at the moment it has overcome the level of 1.1440.
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The NZD doesn't have enough support for strengthening. The deals to SELL seem to be the most effective at the moment.
[/color]The rates continue within the downtrend in favor of the USD. The New Zealand dollar continues to be under pressure due to the economic downturn in New Zealand and the trade conflict between China and the USA, which affected the NZD most as a commodity currency.
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We are looking for entry points.
[/color]During yesterday's trading session the pair managed to gain over 100 pips and exceeded the 1.1540 level.
[/color]During the negotiations between the US and China the market was optimistic and American indices grew, while the dollar showed a decline. The dollar index fell below the 95.00 mark.
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