A majority of the economists polled by Reuters revealed on Tuesday, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) is unlikely to change its negative interest rate policy this Thursday even as the country’s inflation rate remains at a 14-year high. “Twenty-four of 26 economists expect the SNB to keep its policy rate …
Read More »EUR/USD Eyes Fed’s Policy Decision
The EUR/USD bears stay the course and continue to eye a test of 1.04 the figure. The US dollar has climbed to score fresh bull cycle highs ahead of the Fed. At 1.0448, the Euro is still trailing to the US dollar by some 0.65% despite the recent bid in …
Read More »BoE to raise rates 25 bps in June – Reuters
The Bank of England will raise interest rates in June by only 25 basis points and continue in the same lane in future meetings despite soaring inflation, a Reuters poll of economists found. The recent poll showed that “all but one of 56 economists expected the BoE to deliver a …
Read More »What Wall Street is saying about May’s US shocking inflation report
The Consumer Price Index published on Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics hiked by 8.6% from a year ago, up from April’s reading of 8.3% and higher than economists had projected.Federal Reserve policymakers tasked with bringing prices back down could likely to take clues from May’s CPI report on …
Read More »GBP/JPY Watches BoJ’s intervention threats
Financial Japanese authorities had a meeting to address the weaker JPY and have agreed to act if the yen continues weakening. Despite falling on threats of an intervention by Japan, the GBP/JPY pair managed to gain 1.30% within a week.The GBP/JPY pair fell on Friday and trimmed weekly gains of …
Read More »US annual CPI inflation rises to 8.6% in May
The annual pace of inflation in the US rose to 8.6% in May according to the latest Consumer Price Index data released by the US Bureau of Labour Statistics on Friday. That was above the expected reading of 8.3%. MoM, the headline inflation rate was 1.0%, well above the expected …
Read More »US CPI Preview: Forecasts from four major banks
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the May Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on Friday, June 10 at 12:30 GMT and as we get closer to the release time, here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of four major banks regarding the upcoming US inflation print. …
Read More »Treasury Yields jump ahead of inflation data
US government bond yields rose to 3.03% from 2.98% on Jun 8 on inflationary pressures-linked concerns ahead of the awaited CPI data. Earlier, this week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged that the United States is currently facing “unacceptable levels of inflation.”To contain it, the Federal Reserve has enacted 75 bps …
Read More »Sec Yellen: Don’t think US is going to have a recession
Speaking at a New York event, US Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen explained that she does not think the US is going to have a recession. Earlier, this week, Sec Janet Yellen told Congress that the US is facing “unacceptable levels of inflation” on Tuesday as the treasury secretary defended herself …
Read More »CPI Index Preview: Is there any room for policy surprise?
The annual CPI forecast to be unchanged at 8.3% in May. Core prices expected to drop to 5.9% from 6.2%. Steep oil and fuel price gains in May could push inflation risk upward. Fed tightening policy will be unchanged and eventually markets are expected to react to differentials.April’s small decline …
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