BOC Interest Rate Decision: Another Hike?
After its last meeting, the BOC Governor Macklem said that the likely course would be a pause, unless there was a major change in the data. Of course he said it with a lot more words and technical jargon, but that was the essence of the message. Naturally, the markets adjusted the expectation to the […]
USD/CAD declines towards weekly low at around 1.3340 ahead of BoC’s interest rate policy
USD/CAD is looking to extend its downside towards a weekly low around 1.3340 amid the risk-on market mood. The BoC is expected to hike interest rates further by 25 bps to 4.50% this week. Oil prices might deliver a recovery amid optimism over China’s economic recovery. The USD/CAD pair has dropped to near 1.3367 gradually […]
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 […]
The Week Ahead – Earnings may reveal cost of high interest rates
EURUSD steadies over inflation relief The euro holds steady as inflation slows down. With prices of oil and gas falling back, Europe could put the much-daunted winter behind. Inflation effectively decelerated in the Euro zone in December, which would give policymakers some relief. Easing pressures have triggered expectations that the ECB might […]
GBPUSD Slips But Remains Well Bid On Interest Rate Bets
GBP/USD Prices, News, and Analysis GBPUSD is still supported by expectations that UK rates have higher to climb Strong wage data this week underlines the view Technically, the uptrend from September still dominates Recommended by David Cottle Building Confidence in Trading Sterling bulls still have December’s six-month highs against the United States Dollar firmly in […]
BOJ Interest Rate Decision: Another Surprise?
Yen pairs have been extraordinarily active these last couple of days. Implied volatility in the USDJPY rose to a six-month high. There is a lot of apprehension about what might happen at the BOJ’s interest rate decision overnight. Which is funny, because the consensus among economists and analysts is that there won’t be any change […]
Australian housing finance (November) dribbling lower in the face of higher interest rates
The next Reserve Bank of Australia meeting is February 7 where analyst consensus is for a +25bp rate hike to take the cash rate to 3.35%. Market pricing is not totally on board with that extent of a hike though. I am: Anyway, Australian housing fiance data for November 2022: ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW […]
Inflation boosts RBA’s 2023 interest rate outlook
AUDUSD, Daily Australia’s Monthly CPI indicator rose to 7.3% in the year to November, surpassing market forecasts of 7.2% y/y thus fuelling forecasts of further rate hikes in 2023. The most significant contributors to the rise came from housing (+9.6% y/y), food & non-alcoholic beverages (+9.4% y/y), transport (+9.0% y/y), furniture, household appliances & services […]
Dollar slips lower; Fed interest rate path, China’s reopening in focus By Investing.com
© Reuters. By Peter Nurse Investing.com – The U.S. dollar weakened in early European trade Monday, as traders reassessed the path of U.S. rate hikes in the wake of last week’s jobs report while risk appetite benefited from China reopening its borders. At 03:05 ET (08:05 GMT), the , which tracks the greenback against a […]
‘Markets are going to get rocked’ as Fed is likely to push rates higher, economist warns
The Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates more than the markets now expect, says Ricardo Reis, an economist at the London School of Economics. “Markets are going to get rocked,” Reis told MarketWatch on the sidelines of the American Economic Association annual meeting in New Orleans. “All the risks are on the upside. […]