US GDP Data Delivers Mixed Vibe: Growth Slows While Inflation Accelerates
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- April 25, 2024
Your weekly outlook of technical patterns and structure. The FP Markets Research Team scans the financial markets for you, highlighting clear and actionable technical structures. Forex: Dollar Index Targeting Support Daily Timeframe – Following yesterday’s FOMC event—rates were left unchanged at 5.25%-5.50%, and the Fed’s dot plot showed officials still project three rate cuts this
READ MOREIt was all about the FOMC yesterday. In a unanimous decision, the Fed held the benchmark lending rate at 5.25%-5.50% for a fifth consecutive meeting (this is the highest rate in more than two decades), as widely expected. The majority of Fed officials also still favour three rate cuts this year, which was moderately dovish
READ MOREFollowing the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) standing pat on rates and the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raising its Policy Rate by 10bps, consequently putting a cap on NIRP, as well as ending YCC, the focus shifts to today’s FOMC rate decision at 6:00 pm GMT. Fed Funds Rate to Remain at 5.25%-5.50% It is
READ MOREEarlier this morning, UK inflation numbers hit the wires. The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH), which is essentially an extension to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), slowed to 3.8% in the twelve months to February, down from January’s reading of 4.2%. The CPI year-on-year rate saw consumer prices cool to 3.4%
READ MOREFollowing a raft of mixed messages from the Bank of Japan (BoJ) and stronger-than-expected wage negotiations for corporate Japan, the central bank stepped up overnight and ended eight years of negative interest rate policy (NIRP) as well as putting a cap on yield curve control (YCC). The BoJ raised its Policy Rate by 10bps for
READ MOREThe latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the UK economy rebounded by 0.2% in January (in line with market forecasts), bolstered by robust growth in retail, wholesale and construction. This followed a month-over-month fall of 0.1% in December 2023 and two consecutive quarters of contraction in the second half of
READ MOREAccording to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the year-over-year change in US consumer prices accelerated for a second straight month in February. Elevated Inflation Nominal headline inflation rose 0.4% on a month-over-month basis for February, which fell in line with economists’ estimates and a touch higher than January’s 0.3% reading. Year-over-year
READ MORELast week, we witnessed the price of spot gold (XAU/USD) refresh all-time highs (ATHs), comfortable north of the $2,000 mark at $2,195. Markets witnessed demand for the precious metal increase based on a number of factors, which has seen buyers lift prices higher for eight consecutive days. Last week also recorded its largest one-week gain
READ MOREWhere We Were Last Week Fed Chair Jerome Powell was in the limelight last week after his two-day testimony before Congress but failed to shed much light on the timing of rate cuts. The Fed chief, however, did reiterate the Fed’s intention to ‘begin dialling back policy restraint at some point this year’ and noted
READ MOREUpside Momentum Slowing While it was another all-time high (ATH) for the S&P 500 last week, reaching 5,189, upside momentum is beginning to slow and concluded the week tentatively. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also ended a second week in negative territory and the Nasdaq 100 and Nasdaq Composite finished off ATHs in the shape
READ MOREAhead of this week’s wages/employment data, the technical position for the GBP/USD leans in favour of bulls. Monthly Resistance Cedes Ground Following two months of downside, GBP/USD bulls pencilled in a solid offensive last week (+1.6%), drawing the currency pair through resistance on the monthly timeframe at $1.2715. While one may argue that this market
READ MOREAccording to the US Dollar Index, the US dollar (USD) had a rather disappointing week, falling -1.1% against a basket of six major currencies. On the month, the buck is also -1.4% lower and, assuming a continued negative trajectory this month, is on track to snap a two-month bullish phase. The FP Markets Research Team
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