MARKET INSIGHTS

Daily Commentary | RBNZ cuts rates by 50 bp, Kiwi sinks | 07/08/2019

RBNZ proceeded with a 50 basis-points rate cut during the Asian session today and the NZD weakened across the board, as the bank’s decision was more dovish than market expectations. RBNZ’s Cash...

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Daily Commentary | Yen weakens as tensions ease  | 06/08/2019

JPY weakened during today’s Asian session, after having a strengthening against the USD yesterday, as tensions seem to ease somewhat. JPY initially strengthened further as the US had blamed the...

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Daily Commentary | RBA Interest rate decision | 05/08/2019

Tomorrow during the Asian session (04:30, GMT) RBA will be releasing its interest rate. Currently AUD-OIS imply a probability for the bank to remain on hold at +1.00% of 92.86%. Given the past...

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Week Ahead | Weekly outlook: August 5th - 9th | RBA, RBNZ and GDP rates to provide direction | 02/08/2019

With a very eventful week nearing its end, the next seems to be less turbulent, yet still could shake the markets. From New Zealand and Australia, we get RBNZ’s and RBA’s interest rate decisions...

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Daily Commentary | Trump breaks truce with China | 02/08/2019

US President Trump tweeted yesterday that he will impose new tariffs of 10% on 300 Billion USD worth of Chinese imports by September 1st. The main reason cited for the move is the slow pace of...

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Daily Commentary | USD strengthens, despite Fed’s rate cut | 01/08/2019

The Fed decided to cut rates by 25 basis points yesterday, lowering them to the 2.00% -2.25% range. Despite the cut the USD strengthened as Fed’s Chairman Jerome Powell, suggested that the easing...

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Daily Commentary | All eyes on the FED  | 31/07/2019

All eyes are on the FED, as today at 18:00 (GMT) the FOMC is to release its interest rate decision, and is expected to cut rates for the first time in 8 years. Fed Fund Futures imply a probability...

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Daily Commentary | BOJ remains on hold and the Yen shows little reaction | 30/07/2019

As was widely expected, BoJ maintained its interest rate at -0.10%, which caused little reaction on the JPY. The bank also left unchanged the guidance on interest rates, as it will keep current...

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Daily Commentary | USD keeps gains after GDP release | 29/07/2019

The USD remained rather strong against a number of its counterparts after the release for the preliminary US GDP for Q2. The GDP growth rate outperformed expectations reducing worries for a...

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Week Ahead | Weekly outlook: July 29th to 2nd of August | Introduction | 26/07/2019

Introduction:

Very fortunately, traders have a very busy weak ahead and the market could provide unexpected trading opportunities. We have three Interest rate decisions coming up...

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