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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IMF forecasts Australian CPI stays above 3% through 2025 – highest inflation in the world*

Adam posted on the IMF’s World Economic Outlook on Tuesday: IMF boosts US growth forecasts, trims China and Germany But, it falls to me to add the info for Australia….

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China offers few details on stimulus in Saturday’s press conference

The State Council Information Office of China held a highly-anticipated press conference on Saturday, led by Finance Minister Lan Fo’an. The market was hoping for further announcements on fiscal stimulus…

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Australian inflation: Melbourne Institute CPI for September 2024: 0.1% m/m (prior -0.1%)

Melbourne Institute Inflation in September 2024 0.1% m/m prior -0.1% 2.6% y/y, almost to the mid point of the Reserve Bank of Australia 2 – 3% target band prior 2.5%…

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Crude oil price forecast 🛢️🚀

Crude Oil Price Forecast: Navigating the Next Moves 🛢️📈 Hello traders and investors! This is Itai Levitan, an experienced market analyst at ForexLive.com, tracking crude oil for you today as…

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China house sales rose over the holiday period – property sector recovery?

China began its week-long National Day holiday on Tuesday October 1. In the week leading up to the holiday beginning Chinese authorities announced an array of economic stimulus measures. SOme…

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China urges local companies to stay away from Nvidia AI chips – report

Bloomberg is out with a report saying China is ramping up pressure on domestic companies to use domestic chip products rather than Nvidia chips. Shares of Nvidia are down 3.5%…

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Morgan Stanley prefers Chinese stocks trading offshore over those listed on the mainland

Morgan Stanley has recommended that investors rethink their preference for Chinese stocks listed on the mainland in favor of those traded internationally. According to a Bloomberg (gate) report, this change…

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Canada August new housing price 0.0% vs +0.2% prior

Prior was +0.2% Prices were unchanged in 13 of the 27 census metropolitan areas Prices increased in 8 Prices declined in the remaining 6 The index was unchanged on a…

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USD/JPY moves above 143.00

The only news of note has been the rate cut from the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday: Just waking up? Here’s the short summary of Wednesday’s FOMC…

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