European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde spoke in an interview with Greek newspaper Kathimerini. The ECB posted the interview on its site, here: Speaking to the Greek newspaper, President Christine Lagarde reflects on the Greek economy’s strong recovery in recent years, and reiterates the ECB’s determination to return euro area inflation to 2% Highlights: “We
People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng spoke over the weekend at the International Monetary Fund meeting in Morocco. positive factors in China’s economic operation are accumulating and the bright spots have increased, and are expected to improve. vowed to provide more substantial support to the real economy the PBOC will provide continuous support to
Markets: Gold up $60 to $1928 Oil up $4.74 to $87.65 US 10-year yields down 7.9 bps to 4.62% S&P 500 down 0.6% CHF leads, NZD lags This isn’t the kind of price action anyone wants to see while bombs are flying in the Middle East. The strength of the rallies in gold and oil
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Bank of Japan Governor Ueda was cited in Japanese media over the weekend with ‘exit’ comments featuring. Earlier, in chronological order: Bank of Japan Governor Ueda says his focus is on a ‘quiet exit’ reducing monetary easing USD/JPY indicating a big figure lower than Friday after ‘exit’ comments from BOJ Gov Ueda More on Bank
GBP/USD and EUR/GBP Analysis and Charts The 2023 UK Annual National Accounts revise prior GDP releases higher. Next week’s economic calendar is uninspiring. For all market-moving economic data and events, see the DailyFX Calendar The newly released UK Annual National Accounts 2023 (Blue Book) show that the UK economy grew by more than previously thought
Fed Governor Michelle Bowman spoke over the weekend and said: We should remain willing to raise rates at a future meeting if data show inflation progress has stalled. In considering further rate hikes and how long to keep rates restrictive, consistent drops in inflation will be looked for. Additional U.S. interest-rate increases will be needed.
