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As the US inflation data is expected to show that prices rose by 0.4% in January, for a 7.2% gain from one year ago, major currency pairs continue lacking certain direction and struggle to maintain their strength. Major currencies have also held within limited intraday ranges on Tuesday. The US …

In the New York session, the USD/CAD pair trims Monday’s losses and reclaims the 1.2700 figure as the Canadian dollar weakens, as oil prices fall, a headwind for the Canadian dollar. At the time of writing, the USD/CAD is trading at 1.2702.On Tuesday’s, Western Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude …

Beyond March, analysts at Wells Fargo expect the European Central Bank to start raising its Deposit Rate shortly after it completes its net bond purchases.An initial 25 bps Deposit Rate hike is expected in December 2022 and another 25 bps hike in March 2023. They consider the divergence between the …

Contrary to the positive surprise provided by the last week’s US NFP and jobs data, the US inflation profile expectations depict a downbeat scenario ahead of the key US Consumer Price Index data for January. Last week’s NFP data continued to support the USD on Monday.Economic DataThe economic docket for …

Contrary to the positive surprise provided by the last week’s US NFP and jobs data, the US inflation profile expectations depict a downbeat scenario ahead of the key US Consumer Price Index data for January.The US inflation gauge, as measured by the 10-year breakeven inflation rate per the St. Louis …

The American dollar kept falling on Wednesday to reach fresh weekly lows against its high-yielding rivals. The EUR/USD pair reached 1.1329 as the EU annual Consumer Price Index jumped to 5.1% in January, largely surpassing the 4.4% expected and above the 5% previous. The reading came one day ahead of …

The dollar is ending Wednesday firmly higher across the FX board, following the US Federal Reserve monetary policy decision.As widely anticipated, rates and taper were left unchanged, although the statement indicates that “the Committee expects it will soon be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate.” …

Consumer prices in New Zealand rose the most in three decades last quarter, reinforcing the outlook for higher interest rates after the Federal Reserve added momentum to the global withdrawal of pandemic-era stimulus.New Zealand’s consumer price index for the October-December quarter was 5.9% higher than a year earlier, an acceleration …

The AUD/USD pair is stable in the 0.7140 area on Tuesday after Monday’s brief dip below 0.7100. Hotter than expected Australian CPI data is helping shield AUD from further risk appetite-related losses as US equities slide.After coming within a fraction of hitting the December 20 lows just above 0.7080 on …

Data released on Wednesday showed the Canadian CPI rose in December to 4.8% (annual), the highest level since 1991. Core inflation will likely continue to run around 2.3% and 3%. They see the Bank of Canada raising rates five times during 2022 according to analysts at the National Bank of …