Inflation rate of 8.8% expected in August 2022 The statistics released from 30th August turned out to be quite close to market expectations. The harmonized consumer price index in Germany, was 8.8% with the forecast of 8.8%. The consumer price
What’s next for AUD/USD RBA board meeting will take place next week and an increase in Cash rate is expected, How much ? It’s a question. RBA discussion in June brought a hawkish element to the RBA’s monetary policy, noting
RBA to Raise the Cash Rate by 50 bps, AUD Reserve Bank meeting is on 6th September. It is expected that the cash rate will be raised by 50 basis points to 2.35%. The best approach will be to strengthen
Eurozone Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY The ECB is expected to raise the interest rate on their next meeting on 7th Sep. The discussion is that if the rates will be increased by 50bps or 75bps ? ECB members have
Second quarter GDP figures are expected to be strong recession signal Second quarter GDP figures are expected to be strong. Economy is expected to regain the positive momentum and expectations of analysists are of 4.5% compared to 3.1% registered in
Australia Retail Sales Growth at 4-Month High The ABS initial estimates of official retail showed a much stronger than expected 1.3% gain in July. That compares to a low rise of 0.2% in June and marks the strongest monthly gain
Additional China stimulus helps stimulate the Aussie After problem in the housing market and a recent bout of poor data from China, including weak retails Sales and Industrial Production, China has implemented several polices to help the beleaguered sectors. Earlier
NZD First Impressions: Retail Trade The volume of goods sold fell by 2.3%. That is lower than the forecast for muted 0.3% rise, and well below the average analyst forecast for a 1.7% gain. Today’s fall follows a 0.9% drop
GBP/USD – British Pound Jumped US Dollar British pound jumped 0.82% yesterday, as the currency has rebounded from its worst week of the year. GBP/USD went down 2.53% last week, as the USD has found strength after weeks of beating
USD CNH | US Dollar Chinese Yuan Offshore The comment from Fed officials last week helped USD to surge and the expectations of 75bps rate hike on the next meeting which will be on 21st September. Last week there was
EUR/USD Plunging Into Parity as US Dollar Pair is moving around 1.0100-1.0270 channel for three weeks now. All attempts of the break through to its upper or lower border ended in failure. These attempts continued until 10th August after the
GBP, Conservative Party Elections The political backdrop, candidates and expected policies for traders to watch around next month’s UK Conservative Party leadership election, who will be the UK’s next PM ?. Traders generally overestimate the impact of political move’s on
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
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
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
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
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
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
