Domestic fundamentals rarely have an impact on the currency's price action, which was the case last week in spite of several major releases.

The British pound may see an early boost from a final Greek bailout agreement but the currency looks decidedly vulnerable ahead of Thursday’s UK general election as traders fret about the future of fiscal policy amid uncertainty at the polls.

The economic docket for the following week is expected to show manufacturing expanding at a slow pace in April.

The communists learned their lessons. They proved that government spending does not make people rich.

It's perfectly normal for people to believe the de-leveraging is over. Who wants to cut back?

Goldman executives were in a good mood for a good reason: they had bet against the mortgage market. Of course, that was the only reasonable thing to do.

The reason why prices aren't random is because they are set by human beings who are driven by just two emotions: fear and greed.

The FOMC rate decision won't offer any changed to the Fed Funds rate, but the market will be kept busy watching the discount rate, possible changes to non-standard policy and closely interpreting the language of the statement for timing cues.

Fundamental news events will likely take a back seat to Greece-related issues in the week ahead, but it may be nonetheless important to watch price action surrounding several key data releases.

The Japanese yen is likely to continue tracking stock performance, looking past scheduled event risk despite a busy economic calendar in the week ahead.