RBA’s Bullock: We did not explicitly consider an interest rate cut today

We looked at what we found since the previous meeting And used that to ask the question whether the current policy stance is appropriate or not The discussion was mostly…

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Inflation data remains in focus in Europe today

Major currencies are little changed for the most part with only the Japanese yen being the slight mover in the handover from Asia to Europe. It comes after the BOJ…

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China mulls approving fresh fiscal package worth over ¥10 trillion next week

It is being reported that Beijing is looking to approve next week the issuance of over ¥10 trillion in extra debt over the next few years in order to revive…

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Reminder: Daylight savings concluded in Europe over the weekend

This serves as just a bit of a reminder and a heads up to the session ahead. For those unaffected, this will mean European markets opening an hour “later” than…

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ECB’s Holzmann: A 25 bps rate cut is probable in December

As a reminder, it was also “probable” that the ECB would’ve paused in October. And look at how things played out instead. It’s all about the data at this stage…

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Dollar looks to settle lower after some back and forth trading this week

If the Fed wants to organise things in an orderly manner, the market sure isn’t letting them do so. The odds of a 50 bps rate cut dwindled after the…

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Swiss data in focus in the session ahead

The dollar is keeping in a decent spot to start the day, with risk sentiment a little more sluggish to start the month. S&P 500 futures are down 0.2% and…

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North American holiday to dampen the mood to start the week

That will sap quite a bit of energy from markets to kick start the new week at least. But it’s a brand new month and we’re already in September now…

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USD/JPY nudges back above 146.00 mark in back and forth trading today

The bounce comes as buyers look to be holding at the 145.00 mark, at least for the time being. That being said, even with the push back above 146.00, it…

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UK labour market report in focus in the session ahead

Major currencies are keeping lightly changed overall, with smaller ranges still holding so far today. It will be another placeholder session in Europe more or less, as market players are…

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