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Investors have been left wondering whether today’s sluggish jobs data may have any implications on the Bank of England’s rate decision next month.Total pay levels rose at an annual rate of...
The New Zealand dollar surged unexpectedly on Tuesday morning with NZD/USD hitting $0.6841, the highest level since July 7th. However, the day had started badly for the Kiwi as headline inflation,...
Market OverviewWith the summer holiday season approaching. there is a sense of quiet that is taking over forex markets of late. However, there may be something in the first Congressional testimony...
The latest UK labour market report for May/June was more of the same: the unemployment rate remains at a record low of 4.2%, yet wage data stubbornly refuses to go anywhere.The bright spot is job...
Everyone says that President Trump’s trade war is bad for the US economy but so far, the decline in US stocks is limited, yields are high, data is good and the dollar is strong.In other words,...
The dollar started the new week lower, supporting the major currency pairs such as the EUR/USD and GBP/USD this morning.There wasn’t any fresh news out to impact the greenback, so its weakness...
After hitting 1.1368 at the beginning of the summer, EUR/CHF has been climbing its way back to 1.1696. However, the currency pair is still well below the multi-year high that was reached at the...
Chinese Q2 GDP rose 6.7% year-on-year, in line with market expectations. Seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter growth remains comfortable at 1.80%. However, the economy is showing some weakness: June...
First, a review of last week’s forecast:EUR/USD. The forecast for this pair turned out to be absolutely correct. Recall that it assumed first a small growth of the pair to the resistance of...
The key themes in the FX markets over the past few days have been (1) dollar strength and (2) yen weakness. Unambiguously, this has helped to cause a breakout in the USD/JPY pair above a long-term...
The biggest themes in the markets this week can be summarised as:US dollar strength Weakness in foreign currencies – particularly where the central bank is still dovish such as the Japanese yen...
As the USA and China continue to implement punitive duties, trade surplus records are occurring.China’s June surplus is estimated at USD 41.61 billion, its highest rate since the beginning of...
King dollar made a remarkable return on Friday after the US and China have signalled their intention to sit at the negotiation table. The New Zealand dollar performed the worst among the G10 complex...
The pound is trading lower against all its major peers after comments from US president Trump late last night that claimed the Brexit blueprint published yesterday has probably killed hopes of a UK-US...
For the second day in a row the markets ignored Donald Trump’s aggressive posturing to rebound, climbing back towards the levels abandoned at the start of the week. Not that there wasn’t...