AUD traders heads up – RBA Statement (SoMP) due on Friday, then Lowe speaks next week
The Reserve Bank of Australia sounded a hawkish note in its policy decision and accompanying statement from Governor Lowe: The RBA promised “further increases in interest rates will be needed over the months ahead”. The quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy (SOMP) is due on Friday at 11.30 am Sydney time. 0030 GMT, and 1930 US […]
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 […]
Australian retail sales data due today – “risk firmly to the downside”
Australian retail sales data are due at 0030 GMT (this is 1930 US ET and 11.30am in Sydney): Snippet from National Australia Bank’s preview: Shifting seasonal patterns put the risk firmly to the downside in our view, and NAB pencils in a -1.0%, but with high uncertainty. Black Friday pulling spending into November drove the […]
Australian official inflation data is due mid-week – preview.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will be publishing CPI data for the October – December quarter on Wednesday, 25 January 2023 at 11.30 am local time in Sydney: 0030 GMT on Wednesday, 25 January 2023 1930 US ET I posted this yesterday: Priors and expected: Headline For the y/y, Core inflation Inflation Inflation is defined […]
China Q4 GDP and December industrial output (and more) data due today – preview
Coming up on the calendar today: I posted a preview of this data here: Reuters have a preview posted also if you’d like more. Via JPMorgan: “The Chinese economy appears to have ended the year on a weak tone” “As suggested by the weak December NBS PMI report, domestic activity likely slowed further by year-end […]
Heads up for a barrage of Chinese economic data due on Tuesday, 17 January 2023 – preview
China heads off on a week-long holiday at the end of this week for Lunar New Year, welcoming in the Year of the Rabbit. Let’s see if any of this data pulls a rabbit from the hat: This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here. The times in the left-most column are […]