Share: NZD/USD loses momentum above the mid-0.6000s on Monday. Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is anticipated to hold the Offical Cash Rate (OCR) at 5.50% on Wednesday. US S&P Global Manufacturing PMI dropped to 49.4 vs. 50.0 prior, below the market consensus. RBNZ interest rate decision and US Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
O euro lost strength against dollar , after reaching its highest level in more than three months at 1.0966, and returned to testing the 1.09 range at night, after the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last monetary policy meeting, which proved to be more favorable to monetary tightening than
Share: USD/CAD loses traction above the 1.3700 mark on Monday. Traders believe the Fed is done with the hiking cycle and expect the Fed will begin easing monetary policy in May 2024. FOMC Meeting Minutes and Canadian CPI will be closely watched events. The USD/CAD pair trades in negative territory for the second
Share: Palantir stock has turned negative on the technical chart. The 9-day SMA has crossed below its 21-day counterpart. Lower inflation seen in the Core PCE print for September makes another Fed rate hike less likely. An AI study called Palantir a top performer among vendors. Palantir (PLTR) stock closed at $15.07 on
Yesterday, it seemed like there was a way forward where McHenry would be empowered as speaker until January and Jordan would have until then to lock down enough votes. But it appears that’s not the plan anymore. There’s some talk of Trump for a short time but it’s getting tough to find a candidate that
Share: The GBP/USD initially rose on Friday, but got knocked lower as the market broadly swept back into the US Dollar. The US Dollar index caught a late bid to push back into the middle to close out the trading week. Recession risk is still quite high in the UK, capping Pound Sterling
And that is weighing on the dollar slightly, but nothing too significant. Of note, it is the euro and pound which are advancing just a touch more against the dollar after having previously stuck in narrow ranges in Asia. EUR/USD was holding in a 13 pips range earlier but is now extending that to roughly
Share: USD/CHF declined for a third consecutive day to 0.87800, below the 20-day SMA of 0.8800. US JOLTs from July came in lower than expected, which fueled a decrease in US bond yields. Hawkish bets on the Fed for November remain high—markets pricing in rate cuts In June 2024. On Tuesday, the USD faced
Crude Oil, WTI, Brent, Fed, Powell, Jackson Hole, US PMI, EIA – Talking Points The crude oil price is treading water as markets await Fed views Weak US PMI data appeared to overwhelm EIA inventory figures Markets are poised for clues from the Fed. Will WTI break support? Recommended by Daniel McCarthy Traits of Successful
Share: NZD/USD trades with losses below 0.6000, its lowest in nine months. China reported weak Retail Sales and Industrial Production data from July. American Retail Sales from the US were higher than expected. In Tuesday’s session, the NZD/USD traded lower, mainly driven by China’s fragile economic situation. On the other hand, the USD, despite
