The Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) report released last Friday once again exceeded expectations, extending its impressive streak to 14 consecutive positive outcomes. However, a closer examination of the report reveals some less favourable aspects. For instance, the...
Germany May construction PMI 43.9 vs 42.0 prior
Prior 42.0Subdued demand conditions continue to weigh on Germany's construction sector, with falling housing activity being the main drag. New orders were seen falling at its fastest pace in eight months and this marks a 14th straight month that the construction...
China calls on biggest banks to cut deposit rates to bolster the economy
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European equities in a more pensive mood to start the day
Eurostoxx -0.2%Germany DAX -0.1%France CAC 40 -0.2%UK FTSE -0.1%Spain IBEX -0.1%This mirrors the lack of appetite in US futures as well, with all three of the S&P 500 futures, Nasdaq futures, and Dow futures virtually flat on the day. It's still early, so we'll...
ECB’s Knot: Inflation is still way too high but the worst is behind us
Will keep tightening policy until we see inflation returning to 2%But this must be done step by stepSeeing first signs that policy tightening is being transmitted to the real economyThey will continue this rhetoric until at least early July, as they need it to be...
AUD/JPY targets breakout to highs for the year on RBA rate hike surprise
AUD/JPY daily chartThe aussie is the lead gainer in trading today, helped out by the RBA's surprise decision to raise the cash rate by 25 bps earlier here.That is seeing AUD/JPY get a decent lift, trading up by 0.7% to near 93.00 again with the high earlier briefly...
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Germany April industrial orders -0.4% vs +3.0% m/m expected
Prior -10.7%; revised to -10.9%That is highly disappointing as it comes off the back of the already sharp drop in March*, which was due to a bit of an adjustment after the February spike. There continues to be much fluctuation in large-scale orders again in April. And...
Trade ideas thread – European session 6 June 2023
It's back to the drawing board for the dollar as the gains from Friday and early yesterday are falling short of reaffirming its credentials. USD/JPY in particular is trading back under 140.00 and that continues to put a bit of a drag on general dollar sentiment as of...
FX option expiries for 6 June 10am New York cut
There are a couple to take note of for today, as highlighted in bold.The first being for EUR/USD, with a large set of expiries sitting at around the 1.0740-50 region. With there being little to work with in the session ahead, that could be a bit of a magnet and hold...
BOJ’s Ueda says to continue QQE until inflation target is achieved
Inflation and inflation expectations are heighteningChanges are emerging gradually to deflationary mindsetWhen inflation target is achieved, inflation expectations would also be at 2%Nothing new there from Ueda as he continues to preach the central bank's easing...
Aussie gets a lift after another surprise rate hike by the RBA
The RBA is continuing their streak of being rather unconventional and at this point, perhaps not very predictable as well. The "big four" banks in Australia all had the central bank pinned for not changing the cash rate today but policymakers saw otherwise, and raised...
Full statement of the RBA June 2023 monetary policy decision
At its meeting today, the Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 4.10 per cent. It also increased the interest rate paid on Exchange Settlement balances by 25 basis points to 4.00 per cent.Inflation in Australia has passed its peak, but...
RBA surprises with 25 bps rate hike, cash rate raised to 4.10%
Prior 3.85%Inflation has passed its peak but is still too highIt will be some time yet before it is back in the target rangeEconomic growth has slowed and labour market conditions have eased, although they remain very tightWages growth has picked up in response to the...
What levels to watch for AUD/USD ahead of the RBA decision?
Sellers had their chance to try and breach key support at 0.6500 last week but the figure level held on the daily chart. And now, buyers are turning things around. However, they are running into a major test to start the new week via the RBA's policy decision. Here's...
Heads up: RBA June monetary policy decision coming at the bottom of the hour
The "big four" in Australia are all anticipating no change to the cash rate, so that sort of lays down expectations ahead of the meeting. This is one where the RBA could be 'skipping' a rate hike as they pause and reassess the inflation and economic outlook.But if...
Nova Kakhovka dam in Kherson region blown up by Russian forces
There have been plenty of reports of this, posting it ICYMI.Via Reuters:The Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine's Kherson region was blown up by Russian forces, the South command of Ukraine's Armed Forces said on Tuesday. "The scale of the...
More on the forecast for the PBOC to cut RRR, interest rates in H2 2023
The headline on this from earlier:Reuters have followed up with some more detail.Zhang Ming, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a top government think tank, told state newspaper, China Securities Journal, that low inflationary pressures in China...
China mainland investors bought the most Hong Kong shares in over two years
The Hang Seng is up around 1% today, Tuesday, 6 June 2023.Bloomberg carry a report with the info:A net HK$10.9 billion ($1.53 billion) of shares were purchased by onshore investors, the biggest daily flow since February 2021, following three straight days of net...