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Analysts and FX traders will focus on the RBNZ interest rate decision and any accompanying monetary policy statement

At 1:00am U.K. time, on Wednesday 26th March, the central bank for New Zealand, the RBNZ, will announce its decision regarding the country’s interest rate. Referred to as the “official cash rate”, the current rate is 1.75% and the widely held consensus, after Bloomberg and Reuters have polled their panel of economists over recent days, […]

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China’s equity indices fall for second day in series, FX traders attempt to price sterling, based on U.K. Parliament taking control of Brexit

The equity markets in China fell during Tuesday’s overnight/morning Asian session, as global growth fears continued to stalk Chinese markets. The Shanghai Composite index fell by -1.51% and the CSI by -1.13%. Chinese investors could be trading ahead of the curve, by regarding the lack of definitive progress in relation to the tariff talks as

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Sterling pairs trade in tight ranges as Brexit confusion reigns, Euro steadies as IFO soft data for Germany comes in ahead of forecast

The U.K. pound traded in tight ranges versus its peers during Monday’s trading sessions, as analysts and FX traders struggled to make sense of the latest Brexit developments in U.K. parliament. At 10:00pm on Monday evening, MPs voted on another arcane parliamentary process; what’s termed “indicative votes” to establish what type of withdrawal agreement exit

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U.K. pound arrests slump as E.U. summit reaches decision, euro sells off as Markit PMIs miss forecasts.

On Thursday evening at an E.U. summit, the leaders of the E.U. 27 finally took control of the Brexit process, by declaring the revised exit dates for the U.K. The March 29th deadline has been moved; if the U.K. parliament can’t agree to the withdrawal agreement, then it exits by April 11th, under a no

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Sterling continues falling as European council summit leaders gather to decide on any U.K. Brexit extension, U.S. dollar recovers Wednesday’s FOMC forward guidance related slump

The next chapter of the Brexit debacle was reached on Thursday, as the U.K. prime minister May scuttled off to Brussels, in an attempt to negotiate an extension, to the March 29th leave date. She wanted June 30th, the Council appears unwilling to grant such an extension, given it would indirectly compel the U.K. to

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Yen gains as U.S. dollar slumps due to dovish Fed statement, investors await BoE base rate recession and monetary policy statement

By Thursday morning, the U.S. dollar had stabilised its Wednesday evening sell off, caused by the FOMC interest rate hold announcement and the dovish monetary policy statement, broadcast by Jerome Powell after the announcement. Mr. Powell hinted that the “normalisation” process; to take the key interest rate up to circa 3.5% by the end of

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U.S. dollar crashes, as the chair of the Fed Jerome Powell delivers extremely dovish forward guidance

The FOMC rate setting meeting ended with the key interest rate being kept at 2.5%. However, the greenback crashed versus the majority of its peers on Wednesday evening, after the Fed chair and leader of the FOMC, delivered such a reactionary dovish policy statement, that investors and FX traders were taken by surprise. Jerome Powell

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The U.K. Bank of England will release its final base rate decision and deliver its last monetary policy statement, before the official Brexit date

On Thursday March 21st, at 12:00pm U.K. time, the U.K. central bank the Bank of England, will announce its latest decision concerning the U.K. economy’s base rate. Currently at 0.75% the widely held consensus is that the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, will announce that the rate will remain unchanged at 0.75%,

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Sterling slips as Brexit chaos continues, doubts begin to emerge regarding the China-USA trade agreement

GBP pairs fell sharply during the early stages of the London-European trading session, as leading E.U. negotiator Michel Barnier instructed the U.K. that the European Council would not be making a decision on the U.K. request for a three month extension, to the Brexit date of March 29th, this week. Instead, the summit would delay

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Sterling and the U.S. dollar trade in tight ranges during Tuesday’s sessions, as FX traders try to figure out Brexit, whilst predicting the FOMC rate setting narrative

The Brexit debacle took another twist on Tuesday, as Michel Barnier, the leading E.U. negotiator, insisted that the U.K. government’s expectation; to have the exit extended beyond the March 29th legal date agreed by Parliament, is highly presumptive. Mr. Barnier echoed the statements made recently by various other leaders and representatives of the E.U. 27;

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