Economic News Category

August 17, 2022
Bank Of Canada Inflation on it’s Peak

Bank Of Canada Inflation on it’s Peak Bank Of Canada deputy governor said that obvious inflation is high but it is still far form being too high. Despite CPI has fallen to 7.6% y/y from 8.1% and core CPI is down to 6.1% from 6.2% y/y, the Canadian dollar was higher on the day but

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August 16, 2022
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

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August 15, 2022
JPY/NZD Weekly Fundamental Forecast: RBNZ Hike May do Little for NZD

JPY/NZD Weekly Fundamental Forecast: RBNZ Hike May do Little for NZD JPY Divergence is increasing on Yen future prices and market positioning. Yen is at it’s 24-year low, net-short exposure is at its least bearish level since March 2021. Over 27k gross shorts were closed over the past two weeks, with 8.5k gross longs added

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August 12, 2022
Gold Loses Some Sheen as Hawkish Fed Outweighs Softer Inflation

Gold Loses Some Sheen as Hawkish Fed Outweighs Softer Inflation It’s been difficult for Gold to keep its bullish movement even though inflation data supporting the view that the Fed’s rate hikes are slow. Perhaps a bit of base and stability is needed for gold to gear up for a clean breakout above $1800. After

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August 11, 2022
Weak US CPI, EUR/USD

Weak US CPI, EUR/USD It was the sort of movement which was needed. The most anticipated US inflation report lived up to expectations in terms of market impact as the dollar plunged and everything else went up, including all foreign currencies, gold ,BTC, and stocks. Among the majors, the EUR/USD has finally broken out of

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