At 18:00pm U.K. time, on Wednesday March 20th, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will announce its latest decision with regards to the key interest rate for the USA economy. Currently at 2.5%, the widely held consensus, after news agencies such as Reuters and Bloomberg have polled their panel of analysts, is for no change. […]
The U.K. pound recovered a proportion of its lost gains, during the Sydney-Asian session on Tuesday morning, a recovery which continued into the early hours of the London-European trading session. The sell off, which sterling suffered during Monday’s sessions, was caused as a consequence of the speaker of the House of Commons, denying the U.K.
The U.K. pound began to fall versus its peers, during Monday’s early trading sessions, as FX market participants began to wake up to the fact that the U.K. is now only nine working days away from needing to find an exit solution, or crash out. However, markets were taken by surprise, as the leader of
Japan printed disappointing export and import data during the overnight Sydney-Asian trading session, which caused yen to sell off marginally, versus several of its major peers. Exports fell by -1.20% year on year in February, with imports falling by -6.70% year on year. Both readings could be an indication that one of the engines of
The U.K. pound will be under increased focus and intense pressure during the week beginning March 17th. U.K. MPs’ concentration and attention will become heightened, as the March 29th Brexit date approaches. The U.K. government and Parliament only has two working weeks to prevent a non chaotic exit. FX traders will know more, with regards
Japan’s central bank, the BOJ, has kept its interest rate in negative territory (NIRP) at -0.1%. During Governor Kuroda’s press conference, after the announcement was broadcast, the BOJ downgraded its assessment of: exports, factory output and its trading partners’ economies. The negative assessment of the domestic economy was widely expected, as a consequence of a
The chaos and confusion currently on display inside the U.K. House of Commons, was replicated in the market for the U.K. pound versus its peers, during Thursday’s trading sessions. All sterling base pairs traded in tight ranges versus their counter currencies, as analysts and FX traders struggled with the complexity of the voting patterns and
The Shanghai Composite index fell by -1.20% during the Asian trading session on Thursday morning, as critical data relating to the country’s economic performance, missed the Reuters forecasts. Industrial production for the globe’s second largest economy, came in at 5.6% growth (year on year) up to February, falling from 6.20% growth in the previous month.
After enduring a sell off during the trading week ending March 8th, USA equity markets have rallied this week. The SPX closed at a four month high after three days of rises, reaching a level not seen since November 2018, whilst breaching the 2,800 critical handle, during Wednesday’s trading session. The durable goods data for
Sterling rose marginally, versus several of its main peers during the early part of the London-European session, as a consequence of the vote scheduled to be conducted later on Wednesday afternoon. MPs will get a chance to vote down a no deal Brexit, effectively forcing Parliament to find an alternative exit mechanism. However, there’s a
