August RBNZ Preview and what next for the NZD/USD
August RBNZ Preview and what next for the NZD/USD It is widely expected that the Official Cash Rate will be raised by 50 bp taking the cash rate to 3% in tomorrow’s meeting of Reserve Bank of New Zealand. It will be the RBNZ’s fourth consecutive 50bp hike in a tightening cycle that started in […]
USD/CAD: A Tale Of Two Labor Markets
USD/CAD: A Tale Of Two Labor Markets Traders are still trying to digest last week’s US jobs report, but one thing is clear that The US labor market is outperforming Canada’s labor market. Markets are starting to settle into the traditional “Dog Days of Summer” trade, major indices, commodities and currency pairs seeing relatively little […]
Upcoming Market Updates: PY, CNY, EUR, USD
Upcoming Market Updates: PY, CNY, EUR, USD PY: PPI y/y, it measures Change in the price of goods sold by corporations. CNY: PPI y/y, it measures Change in the price of goods purchased and sold by producers. CNY: CPI y/y, it measures Change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers. EUR: German […]
US CPI Preview: Are we past peak inflation?
US CPI Preview: Are we past peak inflation? Price pressure may show slowing down while the Fed’s preferred Core CPI measure shows that underlying inflation is still rising. Tomorrow the US Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the July Consumer Price Index report. Economists are expecting CPI headline to come in at 0.2% MoM , […]
Upcoming Market Updates: AUD, JPY, AUD, EUR, GBP, CHF, CAD, USD
Upcoming Market Updates: AUD, JPY, AUD, EUR, GBP, CHF, CAD, USD AUD: AIG Services Index, it measures level of a diffusion index based on surveyed service-based companies. JPY: Average Cash Earnings y/y, it measures Change in the total value of employment income collected by workers. JPY: Household Spending y/y, it measures Change in the inflation-adjusted […]
AUD/USD After RBA Meeting
AUD/USD After RBA Meeting Policy rate as expected by RBA was raised by 50 bps to 1.85% last Tuesday. This is the fourth consecutive hike and steepest in almost 30 years. This helped a little to raise AUD/USD, which was down by almost 1% from the beginning of this week. This release leaves the pair […]
Swiss National Bank, CHF
Swiss National Bank, CHF A message from Swiss National Bank was sent to markets last week which was that it may take monetary policy measures at any time between regular assessment dates if circumstances require that. Last meeting of SNB on 16th June surprised markets and hiked interest rates by 50bps from record low of […]
Upcoming Market Updates: AUD, NZD, USD, NZD, AUD, CNY, CHF, GBP
Upcoming Market Updates: AUD, NZD, USD, NZD, AUD, CNY, CHF, GBP AUD: AIG Construction Index, it measures level of a diffusion index based on surveyed construction companies. NZD: Employment Change q/q, it measures change in the number of employed people. NZD: Unemployment Rate, it measures percentage of total work force that is unemployed and actively […]
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Monetary Policy Meeting
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Monetary Policy Meeting Australia dollar got strong yesterday and AUD/USD was trading at 0.7030 which was up 0.57% on the day. Reserve Bank of Australia is having a meeting today and it is expected that it will deliver an increase of 0.50%bp, which will bring the Cash rate to […]
The FOMC raised rates by 75 bps which was widely expected
The FOMC raised rates by 75 bps which was widely expected As widely expected, the Federal Open Market Committee raised the range of its target for the the federal funds rate by 75 bps, which brings the top end of the range to 2.50%. There was widespread support for another supersized rate increase-the FOMC raised […]
AUD Second Quarter Increase | Xtreamforex
AUD Second Quarter Increase | Xtreamforex In the second quarter of 2022 Australian inflation data has increased to 6.1%, but below the agreed expectations relaxing the fear of a surprising 75bp rate increase when the RBA has a meeting next week. CPI rose by 1.8% Quarter On Quarter(QoQ) and 6.1% Year On Year(YoY). This was […]
EUR/USD – Euro US Dollar
EUR/USD – Euro US Dollar Last week the European currency showed a slight growth to a high of 1.0272. Reason behind this was the most banal corrective rebound of EUR/USD breaking the equality level of 1.0000, the bottom at 0.9951 on 14th of July, the resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe and the most […]
Upcoming Market Updates : EUR, GBP
Upcoming Market Updates : EUR, GBP EUR: German info Business Climate, It’s a leading indicator of economic health – businesses react quickly to market conditions, and changes in their sentiment can be an early signal of future economic activity such as spending, hiring, and investment. GBP: CBI Industrial Order Expectations, It’s a leading indicator of […]
European Central Bank Interest Rates
European Central Bank Interest Rates The European Central Bank also joined the global rate hike on yesterdays announcement, announcing a larger then expected 50 bps deposit rate increase, to 0.00%. The ECB said a further normalization of interest rates could be expected at upcoming meetings. ECB also approved the Transmission Protection Instrument, a tool aimed […]
Signs of Disinflation Continue
Signs of Disinflation Continue There are some promising signs on the inflation data which is released today for UK and Canada. UK producers lower the prices to 1.8%, which is the disinflation in the third consecutive month. Core CPI also showed to 0.4$ m/m which is also its third straight month on disinflation. Canada’s producer […]
What is expected in BOJ meeting
What is expected in BOJ meeting Bank Of Japan next meeting on Thursday on interest rate decision. Many countries are aggressively increasing the rates to put brakes on inflation. The BOJ is unlikely to do anything, as inflation rate sits at 2.5%. EUR/JPY had been moving higher since 7th of March 2022. The pair began […]
Upcoming Market Updates : AUD, CAD, GBP, EUR, USD
Upcoming Market Updates : AUD, CAD, GBP, EUR, USD AUD: RBA Gov Lowe Speaks, As head of the central bank, which controls short term interest rates, he has more influence over the nation’s currency value than any other person. Traders scrutinize his public engagements as they are often used to drop subtle clues regarding future […]
Euro above parity by a thread
Euro above parity by a thread It looks like July 2022 could be a memorable month for euro, but unfortunately not for the right reasons. EUR/USD is within a risk of dropping below parity with USD since 2002, at that time EUR was just three years old. In North American session, EUR/USD is trading at […]