Share: The Riksbank decided against hiking its key rate in November. Krona traded weaker following the rate meeting. Economists at Commerzbank analyze SEK’s outlook. Riksbank remains cautiously restrictive, but not enough The Riksbank didn’t raise the policy rate in November but has not ruled out a further increase at the beginning of 2024.
Share: Kiwi’s post-US CPI rally extended this week. Economists at ANZ Bank analyze NZD/USD outlook. US interest rates set to fall more quickly than NZ interest rates in 2024 There have been and will continue to be pullbacks, but more flexible labour markets have meant that the Fed has achieved better progress in
Global Bond Yield Analysis US and UK price pressures slow down. Interest rate forecasts point to a series of cuts next year. DailyFX Economic Calendar The bond market is back in the headlines again as global yields slumped yesterday after the release of the latest US inflation report. While Tuesday’s US CPI report showed both
Share: Mexican Peso climbed on Friday, but the USD/MXN shows weekly losses of more than 1%.. Banxico’s decision to maintain interest rates at 11.25% and a shift in language hinting at less hawkish future policy impacts the Peso. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell commented that the Fed would not hesitate to adjust monetary
Gold price oscillates in a narrow range amid the uncertainty over the Fed’s rate-hike path. Declining US bond yields caps the recent USD recovery and lends support to the XAU/USD. Traders now await Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech before placing fresh directional bets. Gold price (XAU/USD) struggles to capitalize on the overnight bounce from the
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: Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), explains the ECB’s decision to leave the key interest rates unchanged in October and responds to questions from the press. ECB press conference key quotes “The economy is likely to remain weak for the rest of the year.” “The economy should strengthen over
Share: Since the surprise interest rate hike on August 24, which gave the Lira a tidy 6% boost, the Turkish currency has been depreciating as if on a string. Economists at Commerzbank analyze TRY outlook ahead of the Turkish Central Bank (CBT) Interest Rate Decision. CBT’s restrictive monetary policy is only a necessary
Share: The Bank of Canada (BoC) announced on Wednesday that it left the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5% following the October policy meeting. This decision came in line with the market expectation. BoC Governor Tiff Macklem will explain the policy decisions and comment on the policy outlook in a press conference starting
Share: Economists at TD Securities discuss the Bank of Canada (BoC) Interest Rate Decision and its implications for the USD/CAD pair. Hawkish (25%) 25 bps hike. BoC hikes to 5.25%. Bank remains concerned that sticky inflation will delay the normalization of wage/inflation expectations, risking a wage-price spiral. October MPR still projects a soft
