Share: Researchers from Nordea are out with a note highlighting that the Fed’s (and other central banks’) fight with inflation will remain an ongoing task for longer than most might be expecting, with Nordea currently anticipating a lack of any rate cuts until well into 2025. Major forecasts: Firmly on hold The central
Share: USD/JPY is back below the 150.00 level. Nonetheless, economists at MUFG Bank expect the pair to rise further. Yen sellers will remain reassured until the next BoJ policy meeting in December Rising US interest rates continue to put upward pressure on the USD/JPY. Concerns about currency intervention by the Japanese authorities have
Share: US Dollar consolidates previous week’s losses. Economists at Commerzbank analyze Greenback’s outlook. USD’s upside potential largely exhausted Due to a lack of new information on central bank policy, EUR/USD will tend to trade sideways this week. Based on monetary policy the Dollar’s upside potential is more or less used up and the
Share: Nonfarm Payrolls surprised expectations to the downside in October. This brought the USD lower from its high ground. Economists at TD Securities analyze Greenback’s outlook. A topping out of 10Y yields and US rates vol will help revive the high-quality carry currencies Both the headline jobs number and wage data came on
Share: In one year, Americans will elect their president. Polls show Donald Trump in a neck-and-neck race with incumbent Joe Biden. Economists at Commerzbank analyze market implications of the US elections. Prolonged period with unclear winner to weigh on the markets for some time In 2024, it will likely be important to see
© Reuters. In a significant turn of events, the Nigerian Naira has appreciated against the United States dollar, trading below N1,000 for the first time in 44 days across all markets, including the black market. As of Thursday, the Naira traded at N995 against the US dollar, marking an appreciation by N118 within hours. This
Share: Overall, crude oil and refined products have traded sideways for the month of October. Economists at Rabobank analyze Brent’s outlook. Brent will touch, but not average, $100 at some point in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024 Should gasoline demand continue to weaken, it would be a signal that the economic outlook has
Share: GBP/USD regains 1.22. Economists at Scotiabank analyze the pair’s outlook. Sterling’s short-term pattern of trade looks encouraging Sterling’s short-term pattern of trade looks encouraging and the resilience of demand for the Pound on weakness over the past month or more is notable. Trend momentum is supportive on the intraday studies but less
© Reuters. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has partnered with six commercial banks, including UBS, Zuercher Kantonal Bank, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, Basler Kantonalbank, Commerzbank (ETR:), and Hypothekarbank Lenzburg for a wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot project. The initiative, dubbed Helvetia Phase III, aims to tokenize the Swiss franc for digital securities transactions on
One of Japan’s top lenders, MUFG Bank (the banking arm of Mitsubishi UFJ) has said that it will lift the interest rate of its 5-year and 10-year yen deposits for the first time since 2011. The former will see a bump from 0.002% to 0.07% while the latter will see a jump from 0.002% to
