Forex Market

EUR/USD extends the rebound from earlier cycle lows. The US Non-farm Payrolls rose by 372K jobs in June. The unemployment rate remained at 3.6%.Despite the rebound from lows, the selling interest around the single currency remains well and sound and motivates EUR/USD to keep the price action subdued around 1.0100/15 …

Nonfarm Payrolls in the US rose by 372,000 in June, the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed on Friday. This reading followed May’s increase of 384,000 (revised from 390,000) and came in better than the market expectation of 268,000. The Unemployment Rate remained unchanged at 3.6% …

US inflation expectations, as per the 10-year breakeven inflation rate per the St. Louis Federal Reserve (FRED) data, bounced off the lowest levels since September 2021 by the end of Thursday’s North American session. The inflation gauge recently flashed the 2.33% mark, reversing from the previous day’s multi-month low of …

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the May jobs report on Friday, July 8 at 12:30 GMT and as we get closer to the release time, here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of 10 major banks regarding the upcoming employment data. Expectations are for …

The Chinese Ministry of Finance is pondering permission to local governments to sell 1.5 trillion yuan of special bonds in the second half of this year, an unprecedented acceleration of infrastructure funding to shore up the country’s beleaguered economy.The news adds strength to the recent risk-on mood and helps AUD/USD …

The US Bureau of Labour Statistics will release the May jobs report on Friday, July 8 at 12:30 GMT. Expectations are for a rise of between 268000 and 270000 (just under 300000) in Nonfarm Payrolls following the previous reading of 390000 increase in May (just under 400000). The Unemployment Rate …

The GBP/JPY has reached a fresh two-day high at around 163.62. Investors’ optimism augmented their appetite for risk-sensitive currencies like the pound.The pair erases Wednesday’s losses and soars on Thursday amidst a risk-on impulse that augmented appetite for riskier assets, meaning safe-haven peers sustaining losses. The pair is trading at …

Fed’s Bullard: We’ve got a good chance at a soft landingCEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. James Bullard has said that rather than stagflation, a better bet is growth will slow to trend and that inflation will come under control rapidly.Key comments by BullardThe labor market could …

Data released on Thursday showed an increase in the trade surpluses from CAD 2.17 billion to 5.32 billion in May. Analysts at CIBC warn the increase could be temporary considering it was driven in part by a strengthening in oil prices which has reversed more recently.Key Quotes: “The goods trade …

Canadian economic activity expanded at its slowest pace in four months in June as prices cooled, Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data showed on Thursday.The seasonally adjusted index fell to 62.2 from 72.0 in May, its lowest level since February. The Ivey PMI measures the month-to-month variation in economic activity …