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The spotlight today has swung away from Europe and passed back to the North American continent, with the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada each having had important things to say over recent hours.

A surprise uptick in Chinese GDP sent the Aussie Dollar higher against its US counterpart, rising very close to a 2-week peak.

Despite a deal between Greece and six of its Eurogroup members, the country’s future is still in doubt. China’s stock markets are having a roller coaster ride and traders are uncertain of where they will land.

Oil prices plunged in the wake of an agreement between major world leaders and the Iranian government which provides Iran with the lifting of certain earlier imposed sanctions.

With the Greece crisis taking second stage, analysts are turning their focus to other important data that continue to have impact on financial markets.

Now that the uncertainty over Greece has been eliminated, markets will be refocusing their attention on to the United States.

What a difference a few hours can make in the world of finance. Greece and the Eurozone group have just reached a debt resolution agreement while Chinese’s GPD received better than expected grades.

Emergency talks are still ongoing in Brussels among the Eurogroup as the parties try to hammer out an agreement that will keep Greece in the Euro.

It’s down to the wire in Greece with only hours left to rescue the country from financial devastation. The big question that looms is whether the Eurozone group will accept or reject Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s latest debt rescue proposal which included a series of spending cuts, pension savings and tax increases.

Again, for the second week running this could be a very important week in the Forex market, primarily due to a possible approaching resolution of the Greek Euro crisis within the next few days, one way or another.

A final denouement in the Greek crisis is closer and it looks like there will be no Grexit.

The recent rout in Asian equities having now finally paused has allowed the safe haven Japanese Yen to likewise catch its proverbial breath.

Thursday saw Chinese stock markets prices bouncing around after the securities regulator banned shareholders with large holdings—more than 5 per cent-- in listed firms from selling for the next six months on Wednesday.

Following a volatile morning in which US stocks were down over 1%, trading on the New York Stock Exchange has been halted. The cause appears to be a technical glitch in the system which has thus far been classified as a “gateway connectivity issue”

The members of the European Union have issued a clear ultimatum to Greece: present a new proposal for resolving the debt crisis by Thursday (tomorrow), and a response will be determined by a full Emergency European Union Summit on Sunday.