AEX Exchange rate

EUR/USD regained its traction after dropping toward 1.0350 in the early American session and climbed above 1.0400. Trading conditions remain thin on Black Friday and the pair remains on track to end the week in positive territory.

GBP/USD managed to stage a recovery toward 1.2100 in the American session on Friday and now looks to register gains for the third straight week. The US Dollar struggles to preserve its strength as markets remain subdued on Black Friday. 

Gold price continues to move sideways at around $1,750 heading into the weekend. The benchmark 10-year US Treasury bond yield retreated from the daily high it touched above 3.75% earlier in the day, allowing XAU/USD to erase a portion of its daily losses.

Bitcoin price is in a good place to trigger another bear market rally from a high-time frame perspective. This development, combined with the optimistic outlook seen in on-chain metrics, further strengthens the possibility of a happy ending to 2022.

Since the Fed's last raise November 3, Fed Funds rate opens and closes at 3.83. The Fed Funds rate once traded freely on its own with highs and lows as any financial instrument. In 2000, Central banks implemented meetings every 6 weeks.