The EUR/USD pair gave up its latest gains and returned to its comfort zone, just a handful of pips above the 1.1300 figure. The pair lost the most on Tuesday when US traders returned to their desks and pushed government bond yields to levels last seen in February 2020.

Fear has finally arrived – inflation, aggressive policy from the Fed, China's slowing economy and Russia's potential military action. Everything supported the safe-haven dollar and contributed to a much-needed correction in the pound. The Fed decision is now in the limelight. 

The USD/JPY moved further from its four-year high at 116.10 on January 4, dipping below 114.00 on Thursday and trading to a one-month low on Friday. Dollar weakness proliferated in spite of the diverging monetary policies of the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan (BOJ).

The AUD/USD pair is trading below 0.7200 heading into the close, unchanged for the week. The pair peaked at 0.7276 on Thursday, helped by encouraging Australian data that, nevertheless, fell short of overshadowing the greenback’s renewed bout of demand.

Bitcoin price has dropped considerably over the last three weeks. The recent downswing has made things worse for BTC and hints that a steep correction could be on its way.

After a tarnished start to the week, gold made impressive gains, breaking above a key resistance area on Wednesday and reaching its highest level in nearly two months, near $1,850, on Thursday. From there, the yellow metal went into consolidation mode, giving back some of its weekly gains, but ended up closing the second straight week in positive territory.