Economic News Category

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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October 11, 2022
Currency Pair of the Week: GBP/USD

Currency Pair of the Week: GBP/USD GBP/USD is one of the most popular pairs to discuss over the last month. When Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced the plans for Prime Minister Truss’s new mini-budget program, markets were concerned as to where the money would come to fund it. The Bank of England had been slowly raising

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