Forex Market

The New Zealand dollar has been the worst-performing G10 currency in the past month. However, economists at ING expect NZD/USD to climb back toward 0.70 by early 2023 as the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is set to deliver 200bp of additional tightening by year-end.Key Quotes“The impact of lockdowns …

Bank of England external Monetary Policy Committee member Michael Saunders said on Monday that he is uncomfortable with where inflation expectations currently are and that interest rates below 1.0% are clearly below the neutral rate in the UK.Interest rates in the UK might need to go above neutral if inflation …

Japan’s Nikkei fell on Monday as US stock futures weakened and the prospect of an escalation of Russia’s offensive against Ukraine weighed on market sentiment. Fast Retailing, which operates Uniqlo stores, was among the biggest losers as China’s tightening of anti-Covid lockdowns worsened the country’s sales outlook. The Nikkei index …

The Fed hiked rates by 50 basis points. But Chair Jerome Powell’s comments briefly ignited a sharp rally across markets after saying that Fed wasn’t considering raising rates by 75 basis points in the near future. Assets rallied across the board on Wednesday after Powell’s comments; downplaying the likelihood of …

Wall Street closed in the red territory amidst a dismal sentiment, central bank tightening, as investors reposition their portfolios once the US central bank hiked rates 50-bps for the first time in 20-years. Wall Street’s printed losses between 1.03% and 2.42%, putting an end to a volatile week led by …

It is evident that ECB president Christine Lagarde has a euro problem though weaker euro is the last thing that Lagarde needs at a time when the ECB is trying to tame hot inflation within the Eurozone. As inflation nears 7.5 percent, the fastest rate since 1999, the exhausted euro …

The EUR/USD pair trimmed some of Thursday’s losses, and it is set to finish the week on the right foot, snapping four consecutive weeks of losses amidst a risk-aversion environment in the financial markets. At 1.0552, the EUR/USD edges up some 0.13%.Risk aversion lifted the low-yielder EUR, despite broad US …

The US has gained 428,000 jobs and wages are up 5.5% year, roughly within expectations. Higher wages impact the kind of inflation that Fed can control. Faster rate hikes are firmly on the Fed’s agenda, benefiting the dollar. Job growth also looks healthy. Even when subtracting the downward revisions worth …

The US economy created 428.000 jobs for the second month in a row, near market expectations. According to analysts at Wells Fargo, the report is solid and reinforces their belief that the Federal Reserve will execute another 50 bps interest rate hike at its next meeting on June 14-15.Key Quotes: …

Data released on Friday showed the Canadian economy created 15.3K jobs in April below the 55K of market consensus. Analysts at CIBC, point out that investors judged that the slight disappointment of the jobs data won’t change the expected course of Bank of Canada interest rate hikes.After sprinting ahead in …