UK Unemployment Rate Rises to 4.3%, While Earnings Remain ElevatedThe UK unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in March from a prior 4.2% as tight monetary conditions are slowly having an effect on the real economy. One area where contractionary policy is not having as much...
BOE’s Pill: We can cut interest rates while maintaining restrictive policy stance
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BOE’s Pill: There is still some work to do on inflation persistence
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DailyForex Reveals the 5 Top-Rated Scalping Forex Brokers
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GBPUSD Technical Analysis – The focus switches to the US PPI data
Fundamental OverviewToday the UK labour market report showed job losses and an uptick in the unemployment rate, although wage growth remained sticky at high levels. The data hasn’t changed anything for the market though as the focus remains on the two UK CPI reports...
Russian president Putin to visit China later this week
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Spain April final CPI +3.3% vs +3.3% y/y prelim
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What has changed after the UK jobs data?
The UK labour market report showed once again job losses and another uptick in the unemployment rate. On the other hand, wage growth remained sticky at high levels with the data beating expectations. Nonetheless, the data was consistent with the BoE's forecasts and...
BOJ to hold off next rate hike until September, says former central bank executive
Momma says that the BOJ is likely to want to wait until September at least before hiking rates again. That is so policymakers can gather more information from the government's monthly wage data for July and August, to confirm whether or not the stronger wage hikes...
UK March ILO unemployment rate 4.3% vs 4.3% expected
Prior 4.2%Employment change -177k vs -220k expectedPrior -156kApril payrolls change -85kPrior -67k; revised to -5kAverage weekly earnings +5.7% vs +5.5% 3m/y expectedPrior +5.6%; revised to +5.7%Average weekly earnings (ex bonus) +6.0% vs +5.9% 3m/y expectedPrior...
Germany April final CPI +2.2% vs +2.2% y/y prelim
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FX option expiries for 14 May 10am New York cut
There are a couple to take note of, as highlighted in bold.The first ones are for EUR/USD at the 1.0750 and 1.0800 levels. The latter will be of more interest as it acts alongside offers at the figure level and the 200-day moving average at 1.0790 in limiting topside...
The wait continues..
That will once again make for a quieter session in Europe, barring any surprise headlines. The dollar is little changed currently, after having traded more mixed yesterday. Meanwhile, US stocks started the week in a more muted tone with the S&P 500 closing flat....
US PPI due on Tuesday – Here are the ranges of estimates (& why they’re crucial to know).
Ahead of the much-anticipated CPI data due Wednesday is the 'wholesale' level inflation data, the PPI.Re the PPI.For the PPI excluding food and energy y/y (the red highlit data point above) the range is 2.3 to 2.5%Data results that fall outside of market low and high...
Federal Reserve Chair Powell is speaking on Tuesday, Cook also
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PBOC sets USD/ CNY central rate at 7.1053 (vs. estimate at 7.2307)
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Japan Suzuki: Important for currencies to move in stable manner, reflecting fundamentals
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Goldman Sachs still like US stocks – upside risks look greater than the downside risks
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PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 7.2307 – Reuters estimate
People's Bank of China USD/CNY reference rate is due around 0115 GMT.The People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, is responsible for setting the daily midpoint of the yuan (also known as renminbi or RMB). The PBOC follows a managed floating exchange rate...
Japan April PPI +0.9% y/y (expected +0.8%) & +0.3% m/m (expected +0.3%)
USD/JPY barely moving after this data.The PPI is also referred to as the Corporate Goods Price Index, its published by the Bank of Japan. ---The Producer Price Index (PPI) in Japan is also known as the Corporate Goods Price Index (CGPI)its a measure of the average...