Month: September 2021

The latest auction results The GDT price index rose 4.0% in New Zealand’s latest dairy auction to $3927/MT. That’s the first decent jump in months but it’s not going to do much for the kiwi today with the US dollar climbing across the board. The kiwi was last down 47 pips to 0.7090. Invest in
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New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Tuesday fell by Rs 37 to Rs 46,417 per 10 gram amid weak precious metal prices in the international market, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 46,454 per 10 grams. Silver also tumbled Rs 332 to Rs 63,612
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UOB Group’s FX Strategists noted NZD/USD’s upside is predicted to meet a solid resistance above the 0.7200 mark. Key Quotes 24-hour view: “After the strong surge in NZD last Friday (03 Sep), we highlighted yesterday (06 Sep) that ‘the sharp and rapid rise appears to be overdone and NZD is unlikely to strengthen further’. We
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China August trade data, yuan terms: China trade balance: +376.3bn yuan  vs. expected CNY 495.5bn, prior was CNY 362.7bn Exports +15.7% y/y:  expected 22.5%, prior was 8.1% Imports +23.1% y/y:  expected 9.1%, prior was 16.1% USD terms China trade balance $58.3bn  vs.  expected $51.0bn, prior was $56.6bn Exports +25.6% y/y:  expected 17.1%, prior 19.3% Imports
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The pace of asset purchases in the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP) in 4Q21 is the focus of this week’s ECB meeting. Following hawkish comments from some council members, especially chief economist Philiip Lane, hopes that an announcement related to reduction in purchases would be made at the upcoming meeting have increased. The policy rates
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated Friday that the central bank is likely to begin withdrawing some of its easy-money policies before the end of the year, though he still sees interest rate hikes off in the distance. In a much-anticipated speech as part of the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole symposium, Powell said the economy
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