Month: September 2024

UPCOMING EVENTS: Monday: New Zealand Services PMI. Tuesday: Eurozone ZEW, Canada CPI, US Retail Sales, US Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization, US NAHB Housing Market Index. Wednesday: UK CPI, US Housing Starts and Building Permits, BoC Summary of Deliberations, FOMC Policy Decision. Thursday: New Zealand Q2 GDP, Australia Labour Market report, BoE Policy Decision, US
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Gold prices powered higher on Friday, beating record levels, as a boost in bullish momentum fuelled by optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve is on the brink of trimming interest rates was catalysed by fund inflows and a drop in the dollar. Spot gold was trading at record levels, up 0.9% at $2,582.04 per ounce
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US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell arrives to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2024. Chris Kleponis | AFP | Getty Images Federal Reserve officials head into their policy meeting Tuesday closer to
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The financial markets have been more influenced by speculations than by concrete economic data, as anticipation builds ahead of Fed’s interest rate decision on September 18. Recent US economic indicators, including the latest CPI report and the prior week’s non-farm payrolls, pointed toward a cautious and modest 25bps rate cut. However, traders and investors chose
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China retail sales, industrial output, investment data for August 2024 – another round of disappointing results. Retail Sales +2.1% (YoY) (Aug) expected 2.5%, prior 2.7% Industrial Production +4.5% (YoY) (Aug) expected 4.8%, prior 5.1% Fixed Asset Investment +3.4$(YTD) (YoY) (Aug) expected 3.5%, prior 3.6% Unemployment 5.3% expected 5.2%, prior 5.2% Also published were home prices
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Maremagnum | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. economy continued to flatline in July on a month-on-month basis, flash figures published from the Office for National Statistics showed Wednesday. Gross domestic product (GDP) came in below the expectations of economists polled by Reuters, who had forecast growth of 0.2%. The country also
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For very good reason the market is preoccupied by the potential policy decisions of the Federal Reserve, Rabobank’s Senior FX Strategist Jane Foley notes. Risk of EUR/USD dips back to 1.10 “In July, market expectations regarding a possible September rate cut from the Fed began to firm up.  Consequently, since the start of that month
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