Fundamental Analysis Category

Riksbank to Deliver 50bp Rate Hike Today Today’s main event will be the Riksbank’s policy rate decision at 9:30 CET, where we expect a 50 basis point hike in line with market prices. We also expect the Riksbank to announce another rate hike in June (more on this in the Nordic section). On the data

Caution Prevails Ahead of Big Tech Earnings Most Asian equities flashed red on Tuesday, pressured by losses in Chinese shares as investors evaluated China’s re-opening story in the face of negative economic and geopolitical forces. European futures are pointing to a mixed open with market players guarded ahead of another event-heavy week for financial markets.

EUR/USD Key Resistance Test EUR/USD: EUR/USD continues to struggle with resistance around the 1.1000 level, despite aggressive comments from ECB, which were reiterated in the release of the meeting minutes of the Bank’s latest rate hike. Headline inflation CPI has continued to fall in both the U.S. and Europe, and this week eurozone inflation CPI

NZ Consumers Price Index Consumer prices rose 1.2% in the March quarter and are up 6.7% over the past year. The March result was below our forecast, and much lower than the RBNZ’s expectation. New Zealand consumer prices rose 1.2% in the March quarter, with prices up 6.7% over the past 12 months. Today’s result

EUR/USD, GBP/USD Hold Near Resistance Ahead of Euro Both the EUR/USD and GBP/USD pair are holding near key points of resistance with inflation data set to be released from each economy tomorrow morning. While European inflation has fallen as the ECB has lifted rates with tomorrow expected to show at 6.9% for headline CPI, UK