The strong US data in the past months and the quick rise in Treasury yields and the US Dollar weighed a lot on Gold, which threatened at some point a complete breakdown. Recently, we started to see a turnaround in the data beginning with the miss in the US PMIs last...
ECB’s Holzmann: August inflation data a conundrum for the ECB
Data shows that inflation is still persistentWe are not yet at the highest level for ratesAnother one or two rate hikes is still possibleThere's no uniform message from the ECB as of late and this latest round of remarks by Holzmann is but another testament to that....
Chinese exporters look to intricate workaround to retain dollar earnings
In trying to retain their dollar earnings as the yuan stumbles, Chinese exporters are resorting to using currency swaps to manage that. According to China's FX regulator, domestic firms swapped a record $31.5 billion for yuan with banks in the onshore forward market...
Is September a good month for assets?
“September is the worst month of the year for Equities, period; median return for 500 since 1928 is -1.56% “. This was the warning from the Goldman Sachs research department a few days ago after a difficult month for stock indices. To be fair, the...
Euro falls further on the day as traders pare ECB rate hike bets
This comes after the Eurozone inflation data shows that core annual inflation met estimates in August at 5.3% year-on-year and that is slightly softer than the 5.5% year-on-year reading in July. That is seeing traders pare ECB rate hike bets to roughly 30% now and it...
Eurozone July unemployment rate 6.4% vs 6.4% expected
> Eurozone July unemployment rate 6.4% vs 6.4% expected Latest data released by Eurostat - 31 August 2023 <!--> Justin Low Thursday, 31/08/2023 | 09:00 GMT-0 31/08/2023 | 09:00 GMT-0 --> <!--> Prior 6.4% ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW -->...
Eurozone August preliminary CPI +5.3% vs +5.1% y/y expected
Prior +5.3%Core CPI +5.3% vs +5.3% y/y expectedPrior +5.5%The good news for the ECB here is that core inflation met estimates in August and is seen easing slightly from July. But it is still holding higher close to the peak of 5.7% in February. The euro is slipping...
Japan PM Kishida says will aim to raise average minimum wage to ¥1,500 by mid-2030s
It certainly is an ambitious goal and one that will at least help boost the wage dynamics in Japan, which have been rather depressed over the last two decades. For some context, in 2022, minimum wages in Japan averaged to around ¥961 per hour and that already...
GBPUSD Forex Analysis – Downtrend Continuation Pattern Forming
Join Senior Market Strategist & Trading Mentor Duncan Cooper as he watches price levels on the GBPUSD daily and 4-hour charts.Price has rallied back to the 79% fib retracement level of the daily range.1.2745 the 79% fib retracement level.Watching for price to...
AUDUSD Forex Analysis – Retest & Failure At 0.6500 Level
Join Senior Market Strategist & Trading Mentor Duncan Cooper as he watches price levels on the AUDUSD daily and 15-minute charts.Price has rallied back to the 0.6500 level.0.6490 - 0.6500 the daily resistance level and the Figure.Watching for price to rally and...
S&P 500 Technical Analysis – The risk of a reversal is high
This first half of the week was highlighted by big misses in the US economic data like Job Openings, Consumer Confidence and ADP. These might be the first signs that a recession is indeed on the horizon as the labour market is starting to show weakness. In fact, the...
Fed Rate Hike Expectations Sensitive to Jobs Data
USD: Price action highlights potential for turnaroundAfter reaching a low of 4.73% on August 10th, the UST 2-year note yield has steadily climbed, hitting a peak of 5.10% on the following Monday. This translates to a 37-basis point increase in the 2-year yield over...
China’s major state-owned banks reportedly seen selling dollars in onshore spot FX market
It is being reported by Reuters that China's major state-owned banks were seen swapping yuan for US dollars in the forward market and then selling those dollars in the spot market today. This has been an ongoing thing all through August trading and it isn't too...
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Germany August unemployment change 18k vs 10k expected
Prior -4kUnemployment rate 5.7% vs 5.7% expectedPrior 5.6%German unemployment rose more than expected in August, albeit slightly. The number of people out of work increased by ~18k to 2.63 million with the jobless rate ticking a little higher to 5.7% on the month. I'd...
BOE’s Pill: No room for complacency on inflation
We need to see the job through on inflationWe need to ensure we do enough on policyBut there is the possibility of doing too much in the fight against inflationPolicy needs to be sufficiently restrictive for long enoughFor the BOE, they need to be wary about the...
ECB rate hike bets trimmed in volatile start to the session
It nudged up to a high of around ~60% earlier after the French inflation numbers but was quickly dragged back down and Schnabel's indecisive comments here are also not really helping with confidence about another rate hike. It's a volatile one to start the day but at...
Fed’s Bostic: Monetary policy is appropriately restrictive
Inflation is still too highWe should be cautious, patient, resolutePolicy is restrictive enough to bring inflation to 2% in a reasonable timeframeI am not for easing policy any time soonShould inflation unexpectedly climb, I would support more tighteningHe doesn't...
ECB’s Schnabel: We cannot predict where the peak rate is going to be
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A mixed open for European indices today
Eurostoxx -0.1%Germany DAX +0.1%France CAC 40 -0.1%UK FTSE -0.1%Spain IBEX +0.1%This comes as US futures are also little changed on the day but there is some back and forth action on ECB pricing. Despite the hotter French inflation numbers here, we are actually seeing...