Week ahead
September 4, 2023

Weekly Forex Analysis

Week ahead

Dollar, goes up and down with other currencies

🇺🇸 The recent economic data for the United States has been disappointing, leading investors to reconsider the necessity of another interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve before the contractionary phase concludes, potentially followed by more rate cuts next year. Consequently, the US dollar has shown signs of weakness in the financial markets.

This week, the dollar’s calendar is relatively uneventful. If economic data from other countries is released with weak figures, it could bolster the dollar’s strength. Conversely, if this data appears weak, it may lead to a correction in the dollar’s value. In the event that both the dollar and other currencies weaken, there is likely to be increased demand for the dollar as it is perceived as a safe asset.

It’s a funny theory Dollar Smile Theory

When the future outlook is abnormal, the demand for the dollar will be checked. If it rises, the dollar will be corrected and vice versa from this week. In the past, the sentiment of the market is risk-averse and it will continue on Monday, the dollar may not correct before it changes.

After a barrage of disappointing data for the US dollar in the past week, investors are now wondering whether another rate hike by the Federal Reserve is needed.

This week, more attention will be focused on the purchasing managers’ index of the US service sector, as reported by the ISM Institute. Both the preliminary Purchasing Managers’ Index of the manufacturing sector and the services sector from the S&P Global Institute increased the market’s expectations for no increase in interest rates and even a decrease in August. Taking this issue into consideration, the possibility of a decrease in the ISM index in the next week has also increased. However, reducing the likelihood of another rate hike by the Federal Reserve will also depend on the sub-indices of new orders and prices. If we see declines in these two categories as well, the US dollar and Treasury bond yields may remain under pressure and the stock market will continue to rise, as rising expectations of interest rate cuts could reduce the net present value (NPV) of companies with good growth.

📅 Ziwox Calendar

Mixed EUR

🇪🇺 Quietly, the “stagflation” scenario is making a comeback in discussions about the Eurozone’s economic future. The European Central Bank (ECB) has acknowledged that economic growth will be much weaker than their initial forecasts, and core inflation remains stubbornly above 5%. The ECB is expected to maintain its planned 0.25% rate hike at the September meeting, but some believe this could be a mistake.

Meanwhile, eurozone leaders are still considering whether to reinstate the Maastricht debt and deficit measures that were temporarily suspended during the pandemic. While this move might benefit government bond markets in the eurozone, it could have a negative impact on the euro due to less expansionary monetary policies and more contractionary fiscal policies. Prior to the pandemic, there were discussions about keeping the budget deficit below 3% of GDP.

This week, no important data will be released for the Eurozone.

Bank of England Decision Survey

🇬🇧 The Office for National Statistics (ONS), which is Britain’s national data office, provided assistance to UK policymakers on Friday. They revised the GDP growth for 2021 to 1.7%. This indicates that the UK has achieved pre-pandemic growth earlier than previously estimated. As a result, Germany now appears to be the weakest performer among G7 countries in the post-pandemic period. This revision may also give the government more financial flexibility, and it wouldn’t be unexpected if there’s increased speculation about potential financial measures in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement in November.

British stock market is at high levels, the sentiment is weak and if the British PMI is published in the weak service sector, it will put more pressure on it. Technically, we are close to a mid-term support level, and like the Euro, we can have a recovery movement to the price volume area in the event of a break, and with the failure of the floor and pullback, the downward trend will continue to lower levels, which will be updated, in general, if possible. The price of maintaining this floor is placed in a range box.

High-risk market assets

The Australian dollar, Canadian dollar
🇨🇦 BOC will hold a meeting on Wednesday and decide on the interest rate. Their previous decision was to raise interest rates by 0.25 percent, and on the other hand, low inflation data for Canada reinforces this assumption for not raising interest rates. Inflation in Canada is currently higher than the Bank of Canada’s 2% target. However, since Canada’s core inflation rate is closer to that target compared to other major economies, Now adopt a wait-and-see approach to determine whether the past interest rate hikes continue to put downward pressure on prices or not. Anyway, Possible gains for the Canadian dollar after the central bank meeting may depend largely on Friday’s employment report for August.

🇦🇺 Interest rate decision on Tuesday, Sep 5. Its result can influence the market’s expectations about the future path of monetary policies of other currencies. Australia’s central bank officials did nothing to interest rates in the previous session. Expectations again for the bank to keep interest rates unchanged, the unemployment rate in Australia has increased from 3.5% to 3.7%, and core inflation in Australia has decreased from 5.4% to 4.9% annually, which makes the possibility of no interest rate hike for Australia.

Economic calendar

Important news/events for this week:

Tags: 🏷️ , , , , , , , , , ,

Join our Telegram channel to be informed of daily news and event instantly.

Leave a Reply

Latest post

Ali Sabbaghi
0
Week ahead
May 28, 2023

Week ahead

Dollar rise again

The recent financial markets have been driven by sentiments, particularly revolving around the United States debt ceiling issue. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has raised concerns about a potential default in June if Congress fails to extend it. President Joe Biden and senior Congress members are actively negotiating to resolve the matter, which mainly centers around spending levels. Opposition Republicans have indicated a willingness to raise the debt ceiling if the Government accepts spending cuts.

Market expectations of a Fed rate hike rose to 65% after positive macroeconomic data and higher inflation figures were reported. According to the CME FedWatch Tool, the Fed is projected to hike at the 13th meeting, with interest rates predicted to rise by 0.25 percent on June 14.

Overall sentiment has turned more hawkish on the Fed, and if the debt ceiling crisis is resolved favorably and next Friday’s NFP prints more than expected, a rate hike in June seems more likely.

The next round of US employment data (NFP) on Friday is very important.

Forecasts for the US non-farm payrolls report added 180,000 jobs in May, which was less than the previous month, but still a significant figure. The unemployment rate is expected to rise to 3.5 percent, but wage growth will pick up slightly over the year.
This week, Investors will be watching the payrolls and UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. the result is Fed’s next moves, as any unexpected changes in policy could lead to significant market volatility. In the meantime, traders are positioning themselves for a potential rate hike, with many betting on a stronger dollar and higher bond yields in the coming months.

📅 Ziwox Calendar

Interest rate expectations rice due to the UK inflation

UK inflation rate has hit single digits anew, though it has not attained the number foreseen by economists. The United Kingdom’s net inflation growth has surged to the same level as ten years ago.

Expectations are high for a Bank of England interest rate hike soon; from 4.5% to a minimum of 5%, and possibly even as high as 5.5% to curb inflation’s swift expansion, according to financial market predictions.

Inflation figures have impacted the British bond market leading to heightened interest rate expectations, resulting in government bond yields rising to a multi-month high and investors anticipating increased bond yields.

We don’t have any important calendar for GBP this week, but the US economic calendar is busy with the full US employment report or NFP on Friday. Continued strong growth in the US labor market will increase the interest rate of the Federal Reserve, favoring the US dollar and harming the GBPUSD currency pair. The US government and parliament are close to a debt agreement, with a deadline of June 1st, and delays will harm the US economy.

Eurozone and failure to grow

Euro had an uneventful week. Euro remained feeble versus USD and struggled against GBP. It has slumped against USD uninterruptedly for four weeks.

ECB officials continue to favor interest rate increases, yet this stance hasn’t visibly impacted the euro. This may be due to the fact that the ECB’s rate hikes have translated into higher prices, rendering the official’s hawkish outlook ineffective in shaping interest rate forecasts.

Next week, Eurozone will release inflation data, but the forecast suggests that significant deviation from expectations in the inflation data of the euro area is unlikely.

The main driver of the EURUSD currency pair is again the US dollar and the news related to the negotiations on the debt ceiling of the US federal government. In the meantime, the US NFP employment report will be very important for the market.

Release of data from China, Canada, and Australia

On Wednesday, the newest purchasing managers’ index (PMI) figures will be disclosed in China. As China’s economy has recently lost strength with the fading of the reopening boom, the results of these surveys will display if the disquieting trend persisted in May. In case it did, the currencies of countries such as Australia and New Zealand, which rely on Chinese demand for their exports, may undergo additional decline.

The fundamental bias of AUD and NZD is Bearish and the forecast is Bearish too.

The release of the latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI) figures in China on Wednesday will be closely watched by investors and analysts alike. With the country’s economy experiencing a slowdown in recent months, the PMI results will reveal whether the trend continued into May. If so, this could have detrimental effects on the currencies of countries heavily reliant on Chinese demand for their exports, such as Australia and New Zealand. As such, many will be keeping a keen eye on the figures to gauge the health of China’s economy and the potential knock-on effects on the global market.

Economic calendar

Important news/events for this week:

Tags: 🏷️ , , , , , , , , ,

Join our Telegram channel to be informed of daily news and event instantly.

Leave a Reply

Latest post

Ali Sabbaghi
0
Week ahead
May 21, 2023

Week ahead

Everything involved in FED decisions

🇺🇸 More than 82% of market participants do not expect an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve in the June 14 meeting. (The current interest rate ceiling is 5.25%.)

As it is known, market participants do not only expect interest rates to increase but also to decrease it. But it should be noted that if the stickiness of inflation is high, the Federal Reserve will probably increase the interest rate again, and because the market has predicted a decrease in the interest rate, this issue can put heavy pressure on stocks and indices. be risk-averse. Of course, this analysis is based on the assumption that the US labor market is strong and the unemployment rate is low. If the unemployment rate increases, the Federal Reserve will have to adopt an expansionary policy, and Congress will urgently increase the debt ceiling of the US government.

The US dollar is the foundation of all financial markets. Always one side of the price of commodities (like crude oil, Silver, and gold) or cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and even the stock market is the US dollar! The US dollar is the main driver of all financial markets in the world. The US economy is the largest economy and the US dollar is the most common currency in the world. This is why all traders of all markets are confused in their decisions. Because the ability to predict the decisions of the Federal Reserve at this point in time has become difficult.

Why is the dollar strong even with the risk of rate hikes ending?

The US dollar index strengthened against most major currencies last week. In fact, the US dollar index has grown by almost 2% over the past two weeks. This is the best 10-day gain in the US dollar index since mid-September. But what happened that the US dollar index strengthened and is it possible to continue the growth of the US dollar?

The US dollar has grown as has the yield on US Treasuries. This means that the interest rate expectations of the market are retreating from the interest rate cut. Since the beginning of the US credit crisis, interest rate expectations quickly moved from interest rate increases to interest rate decreases. The market was worried that with the onset of the credit crisis, the central bank would be forced to lower interest rates to prevent recession and economic crisis. For this reason, traders buy the dollar as a safe asset

Interest rate increase or decrease?

While the market’s interest rate expectations were moving away from a rate cut, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve gave a speech saying that there is no need to raise interest rates. The market is preparing for another rate hike, but the Federal Reserve has not made a decision. This means federal uncertainty and that everything depends on the performance of economic indicators. The performance of the US economic data will determine whether the Federal Reserve will move towards raising interest rates or not.

Traders are focused on the net PCE inflation index.
April’s expectation for this index is 4.6%. This is not a good figure for the central bank. This means that the Federal Reserve may try to raise interest rates to lower it.

📅 Ziwox Calendar

Eurozone

🇪🇺 Even though there has been no change in the possibility of interest rate hikes for the European Central Bank, a batch of recent worrying data for Germany, along with the recovery of the US dollar, have caused the Euro to fall, and as a result, the single currency has reached several levels. Lost a key.

The EURUSD currency pair now trades in a key area of 1.0800. And the reason for that is the fear of recession and global financial problems and the growth of the dollar last week. But at these low levels, can you think of buying Euros?
A key driver of the euro’s attractiveness against the dollar recently has been the perception that the Federal Reserve has reached its interest rate peak while the European Central Bank still has a way to go for contractionary policies. Although the European Central Bank will still be on the path of contractionary policies, markets are already re-betting on an interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve after Logan’s speech.

COT report of Euro and US dollar

Ziwox Terminal (COT report)


You should note that the US debt ceiling problems and the purchase of the EURUSD currency pair were the biggest transactions among the G10 currencies, and since recent developments have ended positively for the dollar, we will probably see a Long Squeeze in this currency pair. According to the COT report, 7667 Long net positions Increased in EUR, and 5933 Long net positions Increased in the last week and these close positions by these holders can be a Long Squeeze situation. There is plenty of room to reprice the hawkish Fed expectations, so finding a floor for the EURUSD pair is risky right now.

The PMI indicators that will be published on Tuesday can play a very important role in stopping the fall of the euro or, as we mentioned above in the (Long Squeeze), fuel a sharp and further fall. The forecasts do not indicate much change in the economic outlook of the Eurozone. The manufacturing sector is expected to contract again, with growth fueled by service industries.

RBNZ, Hike interest rates again?

🇳🇿 The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is holding a policy meeting this week. It is expected to raise interest rates by 0.25% on Wednesday. If it does, it would be the 12th consecutive increase since the contractionary cycle began in October last year and would take interest rates to 5.50 percent, the highest among advanced economies.

The Bank of New Zealand will release updated forecasts in its quarterly monetary policy statement on Wednesday, so the New Zealand dollar could rise if policymakers raise their terminal rate to meet or exceed market expectations.

Next, in this week’s economic calendar, we will have Australia’s preliminary PMI indicators. For Canada, April wage growth will be released on Thursday. And for Japan, we’ll have machinery orders, the manufacturing PMI, and a preview of May inflation with the Tokyo CPI.

Economic calendar

Important news/events for this week:

Tags: 🏷️ , , , , , , , , ,

Join our Telegram channel to be informed of daily news and event instantly.

Leave a Reply

Latest post

Ali Sabbaghi
0
Week ahead
May 7, 2023

Week ahead

End of interest rate hikes by FED

🇺🇸 For the US dollar, the CPI index for April, due out on Wednesday, will be on everyone’s radar. The core CPI data is expected to change from 5.0% to 5.2% year-on-year, while the core CPI rate is expected to be unchanged at 5.6% year-on-year, indicating that the increase in the cost of factory goods accelerated during the month.

Also, the U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls data and last week’s US jobless claims released rose by the most in six weeks, a sign that the US labor market may be weakening. For this reason, this week’s inflation can be very important because the reduction of inflation along with the pressured job market can provide peace of mind for the Federal Reserve.

Note that investors also expect interest rates to fall by more than 0.75% by the end of the year.

Specifying the policies of banks turn by turn, Now for BOE

🇬🇧 After a turbulent week for the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve, it is the Bank of England’s turn.

In its last meeting in March, the Bank of England increased the interest rate by 0.25% this time after increasing it 10 times.
BOE officials downplayed the surprise rise in inflation in February and focused on their next steps, saying more accommodative policy would be needed if there was evidence of sustained price pressures. The view that European banks, including the UK, are better supervised than US banks appears to have been partly supportive of European currencies. This raises the expectation of traders and analysts to predict interest rate hikes several more times for the BOE.
Since then, data has shown that inflation has eased less than expected and the core inflation rate has remained marginally above 10 percent year-on-year, allowing investors to see around 0.6 percent more rate hikes by the end of this year. price For next week’s session, investors are roughly 85% likely to see interest rates rise by 0.25%, with the remaining 15% likely to hold interest rates unchanged.

Therefore, the market has well-priced the pound’s currency strength with a 0.25% hike, so what causes more rapid growth is a surprise greater than 0.25%.

What could further dampen the bullish outlook for the pound could be a bigger-than-expected decline in Britain’s first estimate of first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP), which is due to be released on Friday alongside the country’s trade data for March.

China, Australia, and New Zealand

🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇨🇳

Trade data from the world’s second-largest economy and Australia and New Zealand’s main trading partner (China) is due on Tuesday and may be of interest to traders for the New Zealand dollar and the Australian dollar.

After China’s PMI data disappointed traders last week, the release of weak trade data this week could indicate that China has yet to return to its previous decline after declaring the end of the Coronavirus in the world.

China’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) will be released on Thursday.

Economic calendar

Important news/events for this week are:

Thu May 9:

🇦🇺 AUD RETAIL SALES (MOM)

Wed May 10:

🇩🇪 GERMAN CPI (MOM) (APR)

🇺🇸 USD CPI & CORE CPI (MOM) (APR)

Thu May 11:

🇬🇧 BOE INTEREST RATE DECISION (MAY)

🇺🇸 USD INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS

🇺🇸 USD PPI (MOM) (APR)

Fri May 12:

🇬🇧 GDP index

Tags: 🏷️ , , , , , , , , , ,

Join our Telegram channel to be informed of daily news and event instantly.

Leave a Reply

Latest post

Ali Sabbaghi
0
Bank of Japan
News
April 28, 2023

Bank of Japan stays on hold but policy adjustment is coming

BoJ rate hike will likely come next year but YCC policy will likely come to an end this year

The Bank of Japan held its first policy decision meeting under Governor Kazuo Ueda. As expected, the BoJ has not changed any policy settings but made significant changes to the statement. The BoJ has removed its entire forward guidance on rates from the statement, which means that it sees macro conditions as having changed meaningfully and monetary policy is now in need of a new approach. This naturally leads to the need for a policy review as suggested in today’s meeting. At least one year has been suggested for this review. We think today’s BoJ action was well-orchestrated in the sense that it secures flexibility for future policy changes while curbing market expectations of an early rate hike. 

Governor Ueda clearly messaged to the market that the BoJ’s easy policy will be maintained for a while as premature tightening could threaten the fragile recovery and the Bank will monitor inflation to see whether it can be sustained above 2% persistently. Inflation is key to determining the actual timing of a rate hike decision. Although the BoJ suggested it could take a year to 18 months to review policy, the BoJ’s actions won’t be bound by it. At the press conference, Governor Ueda confirmed that even as the review is continuing, the board will make policy decisions at each meeting and decide whether a policy change is needed. 

We maintain our BoJ call for a first rate hike in 1Q24 as we believe that Japan’s inflation rate should run a bit faster than the BoJ’s outlook. In our view, higher-than-expected wage growth and a relatively solid recovery in the service sectors would support above-2% inflation for the time being. Regarding the yield curve control policy, we still see the possibility of a change as early as June. The YCC is one of the monetary policy tools but has created side effects for market functioning. We think that the BoJ will try to differentiate between YCC policy and policy rate action. To improve the market functioning, the BoJ is expected to adjust or scrap its YCC policy in the near future.

BoJ’s outlook for economic activity and prices

The BoJ’s latest update on the macro outlook showed that GDP forecasts have been revised down for FY2023 and FY2024, while core inflation forecasts were revised up quite significantly. We think that the BoJ sees more downside risks to growth over the next few years but the economy is expected to grow faster than its potential GDP rate. More importantly, the BoJ now sees inflation remaining above 2% through FY2024, meaning that Japan’s inflation is expected to stay above the BoJ’s target for two consecutive years. We also think that core inflation is likely to remain above 2% as service-driven growth continues this year while higher-than-expected wage gains this year could improve consumer’s purchasing power. Recent price gains in the housing market are also a good sign of sustainable inflationary pressures that the BoJ has been seeking. 

BoJ outlook sees higher-than-target inflation for two years

Inflationary pressures seem to be expanding

The most relevant data for the BoJ’s policy actions, among several releases today, should be Tokyo CPI. Tokyo consumer prices rose unexpectedly to 3.5% year-on-year in April (vs 3.2% in March and market consensus), despite a decline in utility prices (-2.0%). Also, core inflation excluding fresh food and energy accelerated even faster than the headline rate to 3.8% (vs 3.4% in March). Inflationary pressures are becoming more broad-based, not only due to the secondary effects from the previous hikes in commodity prices but also due to demand-driven price gains. In the monthly comparison, goods prices jumped 0.8% (MoM seasonally-adjusted) and services prices gained a solid 0.2%.

Inflation rose unexpectedly with both goods and services prices rising

Upbeat IP and sales outcome point to a solid GDP rebound in the first quarter

Industrial production rose 0.8% MoM sa in March (vs 4.6% in February and the 0.4% market consensus) for the second month on the back of strong automobile production (4.6%). Regarding IT products, the good news is that semiconductor manufacturing equipment rose solidly for two months. But production of electronic parts and devices continued to fall, thus we believe that the downcycle of chips and IT will bottom out in the latter part of the year. Retail sales also rose 0.6% MoM sa (vs 1.4% in February and the 0.3% market consensus) in March, recording the fourth consecutive monthly rise. We think the reopening has stimulated consumer spending and this will likely stay healthy for a while. Based on today’s monthly activity data, we expect first quarter GDP to increase 0.4% QoQ sa from the mere 0.02% rise in 4Q22. 

The jobless rate unexpectedly rose but not too worrying at this point

Labour market data retreated for the second consecutive month. The jobless rate unexpectedly rose to 2.8% in March (vs 2.6% in Feb and 2.5% market consensus) and the job-to-applicant ratio also fell to 1.32 (vs 1.34 in February), after hitting a recent high of 1.36 in December. However, the labour participation rate rose meaningfully to 62.6% (vs 62.1% in Feb) and the data shows that female workers returned to the labour market as the Covid situation has improved and face-to-face service job opportunities have likely increased. We believe that labour market conditions maintained a healthy level with employment in the non-agricultural sector rebounding fairly quickly and the unemployment rate still remaining below 3%.  

Labour data weakened further in March

source: ing

Tags:🏷️ , , , ,

Join our Telegram channel to be informed of daily news and event instantly.

Leave a Reply

Ali Sabbaghi
0
Week ahead
April 22, 2023

Week ahead

US Economic Rise in Prices and Inflation: What to Expect from the Federal Reserve

🇺🇸 Last week, US manufacturing and service sector PMIs were released in their preliminary assessment of April.
The data showed that the average price of goods and services rose in April from September last year, and the inflation rate has now risen for three consecutive months. That increase helps explain why net inflation has been stubbornly up 5.6 percent, and points to a possible pick-up, or at least some stickiness, in consumer price inflation. Also, the index data of the contenders have been relatively worse than the market expectations, but the Philadelphia manufacturing survey has been reported to be weaker than the most pessimistic number expected. These data caused the market’s expectations for the interest rate of the Federal Reserve to change slightly.
Federal Reserve officials will remain silent next week as they enter a shutdown period. Still, there’s plenty on the U.S. economic calendar to help traders know what to expect from the Fed.

This week, we first have the consumer confidence index for the month of April, which will be released on Tuesday along with the sales figures for newly built homes in March. On Wednesday, durable goods orders will be released, but the first very important data will be seasonal changes in the gross domestic product (Q1), which will be released on Thursday.

The US economy is expected to have grown during this period, which means that a recession is not imminent. The pending sales will also be published on Thursday. The complexity of decisions is such that any data that induce recession to traders, although it weakens the US dollar, on the other hand, it also increases the demand for the safe dollar.

We consider an upward trend for the US dollar for three reasons

  1. High inflation in Britain
    It causes investors to worry about the increase in global prices and the concern of further price increases, interest rates will increase not only from the BOE but also from the Federal Reserve.
  2. Bullard of the Federal Reserve
    It insists on raising rates two more times. While he is a hawkish person, his views influence the market.
  3. Limited Volatility:
    After last week’s correction, the dollar is benefiting from some demand.

Japan, consistent in Dovish policy

🇯🇵 Last Friday Japan’s PMI data released showed that Japan’s Jibun Bank manufacturing PMI rose to 49.5 in April 2023 from a final 49.2 in March, marking the highest reading since October last year amid further economic recovery. It was the sixth straight month of contraction in the sector, but the mildest in a row, as new orders fell at a slower pace and sales fell to their slowest pace since last July due to a softer decline in foreign demand. Meanwhile, production slowed slightly. At the same time, employment remained unchanged and workloads decreased at a slower pace. On the pricing front, input cost inflation eased to a 22-month low and there were more signs that supply chains are moving closer to stabilization, but output cost inflation picked up. Finally, business sentiment fell to a four-month low but remained stronger than the series average.

The Japanese yen continues to be under pressure from comments from new central bank chief Kazuo Ueda, who indicated the Bank of Japan will stick to its ultra-dovish monetary policy until price stability is achieved.

He said Japan’s inflation, currently around 3 percent, will return to below the BOJ’s 2 percent target later this year due to lower import costs. This week the economic calendar is full of inflation data releases, unemployment rates, and other important data. All of which can be traders’ bets for the Bank of Japan’s decisions on Friday. Although we can’t imagine any policy changes for the BOJ, this week’s data could have an impact on prices. Better-than-expected data could be good for the yen (JPY).

The RBA is waiting for the outcome of previous hikes

🇦🇺 Australian employment data came out surprisingly strong in March. The data showed that the labor market has held up well in the face of higher interest rates.
In monetary policy, the Reserve Bank of Australia kept rates unchanged at 3.6% in April after raising interest rates for ten sessions. Central bank seniors wanted more time to assess the impact of past interest rate hikes on the economic outlook. However, the RBA reiterated that further tightening may be needed to ensure inflation returns to target.
Therefore, whenever more figures are published in the Australian inflation data than expected, the probability of an interest rate increase by the RBA will increase, and traders will price this possibility in the purchase of the Australian dollar (AUD).

Economic calendar

Important news/events for this week are:

On Wed Apr 26:

🇦🇺 AUD CPI q/q and CPI y/y

Thu Apr 27:

🇺🇸 USD Advance GDP q/q and Unemployment Claims

Fri Apr 28:

🇯🇵 BOJ Outlook Report, Monetary Policy Statement and BOJ Press Conference

🇩🇪 German Prelim CPI m/m, CAD GDP m/m

🇺🇸 Core PCE Price Index m/m and Employment Cost Index q/q for USD.

Tags: 🏷️ , , , , , , , ,

Join our Telegram channel to be informed of daily news and event instantly.

Leave a Reply

Latest post

Ali Sabbaghi
0
Japan
News
April 2, 2023

IMF Says BOJ Should Avoid Premature Exit from Monetary Easing

The International Monetary Fund said the Bank of Japan should avoid a premature exit from monetary easing, advising it to maintain its policy framework.

  • IMF advises BOJ to keep current monetary policy framework
  • Fund reiterates recommendations on long-term yield flexibility

The recommendation from the International Monetary Fund is to ensure that Japan’s economy continues to recover from the pandemic. The Bank of Japan should maintain its current monetary policy until inflation sustainably reaches its 2 percent target, according to the International Monetary Fund’s annual report on Japan released on Thursday. The Bank of Japan should also be ready to implement additional measures if necessary to support the economy, the report said. The IMF report acknowledges that Japan’s economy has shown signs of recovery, with increased exports and industrial production, as well as increased business and consumer sentiment. However, the report also highlights challenges facing Japan’s economy, including a shrinking population and the risk of a resurgence in Covid cases.

The Bank of Japan has taken a number of measures to support the economy during the pandemic, including negative interest rate policy and large-scale asset purchases. However, the IMF report suggests that the Bank of Japan could do more to support the economy, such as expanding its asset purchases and implementing yield curve controls to lower long-term interest rates further. The report also urges Japan to implement structural reforms to increase productivity and support growth. The IMF recommended that Japan implement measures to increase labor force participation, promote competition in product markets, and improve corporate governance. Overall, the IMF report on Japan highlights the importance of continued support for the Japanese economy as it recovers from the pandemic.

Ali Sabbaghi
0
FED Federal reserve
News
March 20, 2023

The central banks of the United States, England, Japan, Europe, Switzerland, and Canada are taking coordinated measures to increase the supply of liquidity

The central banks of the United States, England, Japan, Europe, Switzerland, and Canada are taking coordinated measures to increase the supply of liquidity

The coordinated action of central banks to increase the supply of US dollar liquidity

The central banks of Canada, the UK, Japan, Europe, the Federal Reserve, and Switzerland are today announcing coordinated action to increase liquidity through US dollar liquidity swap line arrangements.

Federal Reserve statement:
Daily operations will begin on Monday and will continue until at least the end of April

To improve the effectiveness of swap lines in providing dollar funding, central banks that currently offer dollar operations have agreed to increase the number of 7-day maturity operations from weekly to daily.

Ali Sabbaghi
0

Subscribe toour newsletter!

Exclusive offers, news, and promotions delivered to your inbox. Never miss a discount again.
Privacy Settings
We use cookies to enhance your experience while using our website. If you are using our Services via a browser you can restrict, block or remove cookies through your web browser settings. We also use content and scripts from third parties that may use tracking technologies. You can selectively provide your consent below to allow such third-party embeds. For complete information about the cookies we use, data we collect, and how we process them, please check our Privacy Policy
Youtube
Consent to display content from - Youtube
Vimeo
Consent to display content from - Vimeo
Google Maps
Consent to display content from - Google
Save
We use cookies to enhance your experience while using our website. To learn more about the cookies we use and the data we collect, please check our Privacy Settings.
I Accept