• RBA Poised to Reduce Cash Rate by 25 Basis Points

    RBA Poised to Reduce Cash Rate by 25 Basis Points

    • February 16, 2025

    The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will meet this Tuesday and is widely anticipated to deliver its first rate cut in four years amid easing inflationary pressures. I am ‘reasonably’ convinced that the central bank will reduce the Cash Rate this week, a belief based on inflation and growth data that delivered prints south of

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  • RBNZ Set to Continue Easing This Week; NZD/USD Eyeing Resistance

    RBNZ Set to Continue Easing This Week; NZD/USD Eyeing Resistance

    • February 16, 2025

    Following the RBNZ cutting its Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 50 basis points (bps) in November 2024, economists and investors expect another bumper 50 bp rate reduction on Wednesday this week – with an outside chance of a more minor 25 bp reduction. A 50 bp (25 bp) adjustment would bring the OCR to 3.75%

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  • Week Ahead: What Are the Financial Markets Watching This Week

    Week Ahead: What Are the Financial Markets Watching This Week

    • October 13, 2024

    The Week That Was: RBNZ Slashed Rates by 50bps The week kicked off with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) reducing its Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 50 basis points (bps) to 4.75%, a move that was widely expected and marked the central bank’s second consecutive rate cut this year. The RBNZ signalled that

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  • First Light News: 22 December 2023

    First Light News: 22 December 2023

    • December 22, 2023

    The FP Markets Research Team produces First Light News during the early hours of the European session, a daily Market Briefing that helps ensure traders and investors are up to date in the macro space for the day ahead. Good morning. A very good morning to all our readers as we wrap up the final

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  • First Light News: 21 December 2023

    First Light News: 21 December 2023

    • December 21, 2023

    The FP Markets Research Team produces First Light News during the early hours of the European session, a daily Market Briefing that helps ensure traders and investors are up to date in the macro space for the day ahead. Good morning. Following UK inflation data (released just ahead of the European cash open) easing on

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  • First Light News: 20 December 2023

    First Light News: 20 December 2023

    • December 20, 2023

    The FP Markets Research Team produces First Light News during the early hours of the European session, a daily Market Briefing that helps ensure traders and investors are up to date in the macro space for the day ahead. Good morning. It was an interesting one yesterday. Asia Pac trading witnessed the Bank of Japan

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  • First Light News: 15 December 2023

    First Light News: 15 December 2023

    • December 15, 2023

    The FP Markets Research Team produces First Light News during the early hours of the European session, a daily Market Briefing that helps ensure traders and investors are up to date in the macro space for the day ahead. Good morning. The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central

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  • First Light News: 14 December 2023

    First Light News: 14 December 2023

    • December 14, 2023

    The FP Markets Research Team produces First Light News during the early hours of the European session, a daily Market Briefing that helps ensure traders and investors are up to date in the macro space for the day ahead. Good morning. Yesterday’s highlight event observed the Fed stand pat on rates for a third successive

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  • First Light News: 13 December 2023

    First Light News: 13 December 2023

    • December 13, 2023

    The FP Markets Research Team produces First Light News during the early hours of the European session, a daily Market Briefing that helps ensure traders and investors are up to date in the macro space for the day ahead. Good morning. It was all about US CPI inflation data on Tuesday, which was largely in

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  • First Light News: 8 December 2023

    First Light News: 8 December 2023

    • December 8, 2023

    The FP Markets Research Team produces First Light News during the early hours of the European session, a daily Market Briefing that helps ensure traders and investors are up to date in the macro space for the day ahead. Good morning. Thursday delivered a somewhat subdued calendar, with the only tier-1 data of note being

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  • First Light News: 7 December 2023

    First Light News: 7 December 2023

    • December 7, 2023

    The FP Markets Research Team produces First Light News during the early hours of the European session, a daily Market Briefing that helps ensure traders and investors are up to date in the macro space for the day ahead. Good morning. Yesterday, we witnessed further evidence of a softening labour market in the US; ADP

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  • First Light News: 6 December 2023

    First Light News: 6 December 2023

    • December 6, 2023

    The FP Markets Research Team produces First Light News during the early hours of the European session, a daily Market Briefing that helps ensure traders and investors are up to date in the macro space for the day ahead. Good morning. US ISM services PMI (for November) and the US JOLTs Job Openings (for October)

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