Economic News Category

October 18, 2022
NZ CPI Review: OCR Now Expected to Peak at 5%

NZ CPI Review: OCR Now Expected to Peak at 5% It is expected that the official Cash Rate to reach a peak of 5% for this cycle and also a 75 basis point hike to 4.25% at the upcoming November Monetary Policy Statement, a step up from the 50 basis point increases in the last

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October 17, 2022
EUR/USD displays a rangebound structure around 0.9700 ahead of US Inflation

EUR/USD displays a rangebound structure around 0.9700 ahead of US Inflation EUR/USD moved sideways along the 0.9700 horizon as markets waited for the release of US inflation data last week. October 14th the Department of Labor Statistics of the country published fresh values of the Consumer Price Index, which exceeded the forecast values. In monthly

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October 15, 2022
Upcoming Market Updates: NZD, GBP, JPY, USD, CAD, EUR

Upcoming Market Updates: NZD, GBP, JPY, USD, CAD, EUR NZD: Business NZ Manufacturing Index, it measures Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the services industry. GBP: Rightmove HPI m/m, it measures Change in the asking price of homes for sale. JPY: Revised Industrial Production m/m, it measures Change in the

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October 13, 2022
FOMC Minutes show Fed is serious about inflation

FOMC Minutes show Fed is serious about inflation The September 21st FOMC meeting chose to hike the Fed Funds rate by 75bps for the third consecutive meeting to bring the key rate to 3%-3.25%. The Minutes from that meeting noted that the cost of doing too little outweighed the cost of doing too much. They

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October 12, 2022
AUD/USD falls to new 18-month low

AUD/USD falls to new 18-month low AUD/USD continues to lose ground and can’t find its footing. The Aussie started the week on the wrong foot, with a decline of 1.0% on Monday. AUD/USD is trading at 0.6266 down 0.52%. Earlier the day, the Australian dollar fell to 0.6247, its lowest level since April 2020. Australia

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