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

    Week Ahead: What Are the Markets Watching This Week?

    • November 17, 2024

    USD to Remain Bid? US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell’s modestly hawkish commentary last week – ‘the economy is not sending any signals that we need to be in a hurry to lower rates’ – coupled with other Fed officials echoing a similar vibe as well as sticky inflation, prompted a dovish rate repricing.

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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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  • Market Insight for the Week Ending 10 February

    Market Insight for the Week Ending 10 February

    • February 4, 2023

    It was an exciting week for the financial markets. Marching into the month of February witnessed three major central banks increase their benchmark rates, in line with expectations: the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) increased the Fed Funds rate by 25 basis points, and the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB)

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  • Weekly Technical Market Insight: Week Ending 28th October 2022

    Weekly Technical Market Insight: Week Ending 28th October 2022

    • October 22, 2022

    Charts: Trading View US Dollar Index: According to the US Dollar Index, the US dollar wrapped up the week on the ropes, shedding more than 1.0%. Month over month, however, the buck trades 0.3% lower, poised to snap a four-month bullish phase, shaped by way of a monthly long-legged doji indecision candle. Overall, the technical

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