Weekly Market Outlook (25-29 September)

[ad_1] UPCOMING EVENTS: Monday: German IFO. Tuesday: US Consumer Confidence. Wednesday: BoJ Meeting Minutes, Australia Monthly CPI, US Durable Goods Orders. Thursday: Australia Retail Sales, US Q2 Final GDP, US Jobless Claims. Friday: Japan Tokyo CPI, Japan Unemployment Rate, Japan Retail Sales, UK Q2 Final GDP, Eurozone CPI, Canada GDP, US Core PCE. Tuesday The

Weekly Market Recap (18-22 September)

[ad_1] Monday: The New Zealand Services PMI fell further into contraction: BNZ Senior Economist Doug Steel commented: “The latest PCI readings suggest any bounce through the Q2 GDP figures will be short lived and are consistent with economic contraction returning. In this sense, the PMI and PSI results are more consistent with the RBNZ forecast

USD/MXN retreats from weekly highs drops below the 100, 20-DMAs

[ad_1] Share: USD/MXN edges lower by 0.48% on positive market sentiment and a weakened US Dollar. Despite hawkish remarks from Fed officials, the US Dollar remains under pressure, with the DXY marking minimal gains at 105.45. Upcoming political developments and potential credit rating revisions in Mexico may affect the Peso’s trajectory. The emerging

Australian Weekly ANZ Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence survey 79.8 (vs. prior 77.6)

[ad_1] Highest for this since late April. ANZ comments on the still dour result, looking for the bright side: While it remains at very low levels, there are signs of tempered optimism amongst households. Inflation expectations also fell to 4.9% – the lowest since Feb 2022 This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Weekly Market Recap (11-15 September)

[ad_1] Monday: BoJ Governor Ueda interviewed by Japanese media Yomiuri over the weekend said that his focus is on a “quiet exit” to avoid significant impact on the market: We could have enough data by year-end to determine whether we can end negative rates. Once we’re convinced Japan will see sustained rises in inflation accompanied

Weekly Market Outlook (18-22 September)

[ad_1] UPCOMING EVENTS: Monday: NZ Services PMI, US NAHB Housing Market Index. Tuesday: RBA Meeting Minutes, Canada CPI, US Building Permits and Housing Starts. Wednesday: PBoC LPR, UK CPI, BoC Summary of Deliberations, FOMC Policy Decision. Thursday: NZ GDP, SNB Policy Decision, BoE Policy Decision, US Jobless Claims. Friday: Japan CPI, BoJ Policy Decision, UK

Global Market Weekly Recap: September 11 – 15, 2023

[ad_1] Risk assets were generally on top this week thanks to net positive economic updates from the U.S. and stimulative efforts from China, supporting “soft landing” bets. Meanwhile, European currencies like EUR, GBP, and CHF lost pips as disappointing data releases highlighted the growth concerns in the region. So, how exactly did the major global

FX Weekly Recap: September 11 – 15, 2023

[ad_1] Risk currencies were strutting their stuff like they just won a Super Bowl thanks to positive economic updates from the U.S. and from China pulling out fresh ways to stimulate their economy. We guess that traders are all in for that “soft landing” touchdown! Unfortunately for European currencies, traders were unloading as data from

Weekly Market Recap (04-08 September)

[ad_1] Monday: ECB’s Wunsch (hawk – non voter) remains in favour of raising interest rates again: Underlying inflation remains persistent, may need more rate hikes. I’m inclined to say we maybe need to do a little bit more. The idea that we’ll have to come to a pause at a certain point can’t be excluded,