Month: June 2021

The Australian dollar was the laggard this week It was a big week in the FX market as the Fed flipped the script and turned hawkish. That caused an unwind in reflation trades and the commodity currencies were in the crosshairs. It speaks volumes that Australian added 115K jobs compared to 30K expected and it
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Big fall today and down for the week The major European indices are ending the week on a sour note with big declines on the day. For the week the indices are also lower. Looking at the provisional closes: German DAX -1.9% France’s CAC -1.5% UK’s FTSE 100 -2.0% Spain’s Ibex -1.9% Italy’s FTSE MIB -1.8% For the week, the indices are
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Latest data released by ONS – 18 June 2021 Prior +9.2% Retail sales +24.6% vs +29.3% y/y expected Prior +42.4% Retail sales ex autos, fuel -2.1% vs +1.4% m/m expected Prior +9.0% Retail sales ex autos, fuel +21.7% vs +27.1% y/y expected Prior +37.7% The monthly figures are a little underwhelming but there are still
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Dollar surges overnight after much hawkish than expected Fed interest rate projections. The case of near term bullish reversal continues to build up and there is prospect of further rally before weekend. Markets are relatively mixed elsewhere though. Australian Dollar is lifted by strong job data while New Zealand Dollar is supported by strong GDP.
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