Indian Rupee steadies near monthly top, Fed Chair Powell, RBI Interest Rate Decision eyed
Share: USD/INR grinds higher around monthly peak, bulls take a breather after three-day uptrend. Cautious sentiment ahead of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech, RBI interest rate decision probes the Indian Rupee pair traders. Firmer Oil price, hopes of dovish guidance from RBI joins hawkish hopes from Fed to keep buyers hopeful. Reuters poll […]
Another 50 bps rate raise due in March – UOB
Share: Economist at UOB Group Lee Sue Ann assesses the latest ECB event on February 2. Key Takeaways “The European Central Bank (ECB), at its first meeting of the year, lifted interest rates by 50bps. It also gave more details on how it intends to shrink its EUR5tn bond portfolio, reaffirming a monthly […]
Wild beat on NFP pummels XAU/USD – TDS
Gold price tumbles sharply after a solid January US Nonfarm Payrolls report. A break under $1,880 would exacerbate losses, strategists at TD Securities report. Pricing for rate cuts has notably reversed weekly gains “A wild beat on NFP data is creating shocking whipsaws in recent trends. Pricing for rate cuts has notably reversed weekly gains, […]
Wouldn’t say that disinflationary process is already at play
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), is delivering her remarks on the policy outlook and responding to questions from the press following the Governing Council’s decision to hike key rates by 50 basis points in February. Key takeaways “I can’t think of scenarios where 50 bps hike would not happen unless they’re […]
USD/CHF extends Fed-inflicted losses towards 0.9020 support, central banks, US NFP eyed
USD/CHF prints three-day downtrend as sellers flirt with 18-month low. Fed drowned US Dollar with dovish hike, downbeat US data also favor USD/CHF bears. Monetary policy decision from ECB, BoE could escalate market volatility, making them important to watch. US jobs report eyed as Fed Chair Powell showed readiness to cut the rates. USD/CHF remains […]
US Dollar bears celebrate Fed’s dovishness
What you need to take care of on Thursday, February 2: The US Dollar plummeted following the US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision. The central bank decided to hike its benchmark rate by 25 basis points (bps) as widely anticipated by market players. The statement showed that policymakers changed the wording on inflation, noting that […]
Time to pause and assess whether policy is sufficiently restrictive
Following the Bank of Canada’s decision to raise the policy rate by 25 basis points to 4.5%, Bank of Canada (BoC) Governor Tiff Macklem delivers his remarks on the policy outlook and responds to questions. Key takeaways “Bank of Canada has raised rates rapidly, now it’s time to pause and assess whether monetary policy is sufficiently […]
EUR/USD tops 1.0900 for first time since last April
EUR/USD buyers are on a roll at the start of the week. Hawkish ECB commentary boosts the Euro bulls, US Dollar falls. Holiday-thinned light trading could exaggerate the moves. The Euro is keeping the upper hand against the US Dollar at the start of the week on Monday, as EUR/USD is rising above the 1.0900 […]
ECB’s Rehn sees reasons for ‘significant’ interest rate increases before summer
European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member and Governor of Austria’s central bank Olli Rehn made some comments on the central bank’s interest rates policy during his appearance over the weekend. He said that he sees grounds for “significant interest rate increases from the ECB this winter and the coming spring.” Market reaction EUR/USD is […]
Set to raise rates by 0.5% in Feb and March
Reuters reported that the European Central Bank (ECB) is set to raise interest rates by 50 basis points in both February and March and will continue to raise rates in the months after, ECB governing council member Klaas Knot said in an interview with Dutch broadcaster WNL on Sunday. “Expect us to raise rates by 0.5% […]