RBA will be comfortable holding rates steady next week – Wells Fargo

Share: Next week, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will announce its monetary policy decision. Analysts at Wells Fargo point out that due to clear signs of economic slowdown and indications of easing price pressures, they believe RBA policymakers will be comfortable maintaining the policy rate at 4.10%. Key Quotes:  While RBA policymakers

Baker Hughes US oil rig count unchanged this week

US oil and natural gas drilling rigs Oil rigs unchanged at 512 Gas rigs down 1 to 114 Oil rigs down 16% from the peak If I’m OPEC+ and looking at this, I feel totally in control. There’s no surge of US production coming to counter OPEC cuts. Some notes from John Kemp: Based on

Dollar edges lower ahead of payrolls; set for losing week By Investing.com

Investing.com – The U.S. dollar edged lower in early European trade Friday, on course to end a six-week winning streak ahead of the release of the highly-anticipated monthly U.S. jobs report.  At 03:15 ET (07:15 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded 0.1% lower at 103.544,

Calm Before the Storm Ahead of Big Data Week

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EUR/USD, EUR/GBP Eye Reprieve Following Testing Week

EUR/USD, EUR/GBP PRICE FORECAST: Trade Smarter – Sign up for the DailyFX Newsletter Receive timely and compelling market commentary from the DailyFX team Subscribe to Newsletter WEEKLY FORECAST: US Dollar Forecast: Powell Adopts Hawkish Tone but DXY Eyes Potential Retracement The Euro appears to be eyeing a temporary reprieve and recovery on Monday following a

Relief Rally to Start the Week Ahead of Key Macro Data

Wall Street managed to get through the Jackson Hole Symposium unscathed (DJIA +0.73%; S&P 500 +0.67%; Nasdaq +0.94%), despite a hawkish takeaway from Fed Chair Jerome Powell last Friday. The general view may be that market participants were already priced for a hawkish outcome in the lead-up to his speech, which allows room for some