All eyes focused on the ECB on Thursday, amid a series of events taking place in the European Union. The most relevant was the central bank’s monetary policy decision on hiking rates by 50 bps, the first hike in over 11 years, and the awaited move away from negative rates. …
Read More »AUD/USD eyes a correction from US session highs
The AUD/USD pair’s performance is flat in the first hour of Asian trade on Friday as it moves in on extremes of a broadening formation on the charts, but fundamentally, the stock markets on Wall Street and the softer US dollar have been a significant catalyst, so, the pair rallied …
Read More »Fed’s meeting will be decisive for gold price
Gold price falls back into the hands of the bulls following the ECB’s rate policy decision. The Gold Index is now at a critical stage in the bearish cycle where a significant correction could play out. Next week’s Fed meeting will be very important for rate and gold traders. Gold …
Read More »USD/CHF Benefits From Improved Market Sentiment
The USD/CHF pair is still upward biased, but in the short-term might aim towards 0.9600. the improved market sentiment dented demand for the US dollar, and constitutes a remarkable headwind for the asset.The USD/CHF slides for the second day in four retreats below 0.9700, amidst an improved market mood weighing …
Read More »EUR/USD fundamentally overvalued
The European Central Bank raised the key interest rates on Thursday for the first time in 11 years. Analysts at Danske Bank expect the central bank to hike another 100bp this year, before halting its cycle. They still prefer the idea of selling ECB-induced euro rallies.Key Quotes: “EUR/USD initially rallied …
Read More »Wells Fargo: ECB Deposit Rate to reach 1.00% by the end of 2022
The European Central Bank raised key interest rates on Thursday by 50 bps. The move was larger than expected. Analysts at Wells Fargo believe inflation remains elevated enough, and inflation risks worrisome enough, to continue with a more forceful pace of rate hikes for the time being. Key Quotes: “As …
Read More »USD/CAD dropped on a volatile session
The USD/CAD pair reversed and dropped back below 1.2900 during Thursday’s volatile session for financial markets following the European Central Bank meeting policy decision and US data.The rejection from above 1.2900/05 (horizontal levels, and 20 and 200 Simple Moving Average in four-hour chart) reinforced the bearish short-term bias. If USD/CAD …
Read More »ECB’s Lagarde: Inflation risk has intensified
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), is delivering her remarks on the policy outlook and responding to questions following the bank’s decision to hike key rates by 50 basis points. “Energy costs should stabilise, bottlenecks ease.”“Wage growth has continued to increase gradually, including forward-looking indicator.”“Wage growth is …
Read More »ECB hikes key rates by 50 basis points
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Thursday that it raised its key rates by 50 basis points (bps) following the July policy meeting. Markets were expecting the bank to hike its rates by 25 bps. With this decision, the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest …
Read More »CBRT keeps interest rates unchanged for the seventh time in a row
Turkey’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged for the seventh time in a row, despite Turkey’s inflation and its currency falling against the dollar to its lowest level since December. The Turkish Central Bank fixed the interest rate on the Turkish lira during the “repo” week of July at 14%, …
Read More »