We had a jam-packed economic calendar this week, and it seems like broad market behavior was once again mainly dictated by inflation updates and its influence on monetary policy sentiment. The main event stealing the spotlight was the U.S. CPI update, basically setting the vibe for the entire financial dance floor like a DJ—shaping
ECB President Lagarde (neutral – voter) over the weekend spoke with a Greek newspaper and reaffirmed their commitment to bring inflation down to target by 2025: We are determined to bring inflation down to 2%. According to our projections we will get there in 2025. Our mandate is to ensure price stability, and this is
Equities and crypto were big winners this week as traders navigated between fresh business sentiment surveys, geopolitics and central bank statements, and found plenty of reasons to lean bullish on risk. Ready to do a quick review to stay in flow with the market environment? If so, let’s check out the major headlines first!
ECB’s Vujcic (neutral – voter) confirmed that the tightening cycle has ended, and the ECB will now hold rates steady for as long as necessary to get back to their 2% inflation target: We have finished with the process of raising interest rates for now. At this moment we see that inflation is falling, we
Geopolitical and economic news flow stayed elevated this week, with both good and bad developments keeping price action mostly in a range. The War premium faded a bit early on as major escalation from Israel was pushed back through Thursday, and traders still had plenty to worry about with global growth, inflation and interest rate
The Aussie dollar took the top spot this week, closely followed by the Japanese yen, both likely bid higher after strong inflation updates hit the wires from their respective countries. And unfortunately for Loonie bulls, the Canadian dollar was the biggest loser, likely driven lower by falling oil prices and net negative commentary from the
Middle East conflict developments, inflation updates and interest rate expectations continued to dominate the markets this week. These themes and other drivers prompted no sight of the usual risk behaviors and correlations between the major asset classes. Notable News & Economic Updates: 🟢 Broad Market Risk-on Arguments China conducted MLF operations that put a net