On Wednesday May 8th, at 3:00am U.K. time, the central bank of New Zealand, the RBNZ, will reveal its latest decision, with regards to the country’s key interest rate. Referred to as the “official cash rate”, the current rate is 1.75% and according to the economists polled by Reuters, the prediction is for a cut […]
The RBA (reserve bank of Australia) caught market doves off guard on Tuesday morning, by agreeing to keep the cash rate unchanged at 1.5%, despite the weight of economic opinion, from the economists polled by Reuters, predicting the rate would be cut to 1.25%. GDP growth has slumped in Australia, inflation is low, unemployment pressures
The main Chinese equity markets sold off by circa 5% during the Asian session on Monday morning, as the Shanghai Composite and CSI equity indices fell by their largest amount in over three years. After recent reports of supposed, gradual concessions, being agreed by both China and the USA, in their trade war and tariff
If you regularly peruse the most popular FX trading forums, or read books and articles on the subject of FX trading, you might constantly stumble across the phrase; “wait until the market comes to you.” It’s an evocative phrase, conjuring up ideas of: virtuous patience, laying in the long grass primed in hunt mode, setting
On Tuesday May 7th, at 5:30am U.K. time, Australia’s central bank the RBA, (reserve bank of Australia) will announce its latest decision, regarding the headline interest rate. Referred to as the “cash rate”, the rate is currently at 1.50%, it has remained at this record low for thirty months, which also signifies a record period
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After months of trade talks and negotiations between China and the USA, which have been making little progress, the Trump administration appeared to take a gamble; by blinking first and threatening to increase tariffs, over and above the $200b of imports the tariffs already apply to. On Sunday, Trump took to social media to state
The week begins with a relatively quiet day on Monday for calendar events, as the U.K. banking system is closed (on Monday only) for the May bank holiday. Therefore, trading in forex, particularly in GBP related pairs, could experience less volume during the day. In the Sydney Asian session the latest New Zealand dairy auction
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Shortly after the main London FX market opened, the dollar index (DXY) traded at 97.94, up 0.10%, as marginal dollar strength has returned to forex markets over recent trading sessions. The narrative delivered by Jerome Powell, the Fed chair, after the FOMC announced no changes to the current upper bound interest rate and to their
The U.S. dollar recorded gains versus the majority of its peers during the trading sessions on Thursday as FX analysts and traders balanced their positions, based on the FOMC rate hold announcement, disclosed on Wednesday evening. The Fed chair Jerome Powell’s subsequent forward guidance, contained in the press conference he subsequently held, also concentrated minds.
On Friday May 3rd, at 13:30pm U.K. time, the latest series of NFP jobs data will be published. The key headline figure, which is listed as a high impact event on economic calendars, is the metric indicating the amount of “non farm payroll jobs”, created in the previous month of April. Traditionally, barring bank holidays,
