To everyone’s surprise, the RBNZ left the OCR unchanged at 0.25% in August. The decision was made in light of the renewed New Zealand’s lockdown after a report of one coronavirus case. Policymakers, however, maintained a hawkish stance, suggesting that the next policy decision would be tightening. Meanwhile, the Funding-For-Lending program (FLP) also stayed unchanged
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Modest bounce in the New Zealand dollar Today’s NZD trade is a unique one. The game-changing news of 5 covid cases in New Zealand came a day ahead of the decision and argues for a wait-and-see attitude. Hiking now only to see cases get out of control and a longer nationwide lockdown would look foolish.
NEW DELHI: Gold prices were flat on Tuesday, hovering near a one-week peak. The yellow metal saw a surge in demand amid rising delta variants and geopolitical tension in Asia. Gold futures on MCX were marginally up 0.01 per cent, or Rs 7, at Rs 47,232 per 10 gram. Silver futures gained 0.23 per cent,
Souring risk sentiment continues to support Swiss Franc and Yen today, while Dollar is also trying to catch up. Commodity currencies are still the weakest ones. In particular, New Zealand Dollar tumbles on talks that RBNZ could refrain from delivering the highly anticipated rate hike tomorrow, as the country returned to pandemic lockdown. Fresh selling
Powell’s speech is on the agenda later in US trading He will be speaking at 1730 GMT for about an hour in a virtual town hall meeting hosted by the Fed itself. The discussion will center around the work of the Fed and economic education as Powell engages with educators and students via webcast. There
New Delhi: Gold prices in the national capital rallied by Rs 446 to Rs 46,460 per 10 grams on Tuesday, with recovery in global precious metal prices and rupee depreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had ended at Rs 46,014 per 10 grams. Silver also gained Rs 888 to
Commodity currencies remained generally pressured in Asian session today. While DOW and S&P 500 managed to reverse initial losses to close at new record highs, there is no follow through risk-on sentiment in Asia. Canadian Dollar is additionally weighed down with WTI crude oil dipping below 68 handle. Aussie is getting not particular support from
Australian PM’s days could be numbered The highs and lows in politics are brutal. A year ago, Scott Morrison was riding high as Australia kept the pandemic outside its borders. Now, with a slow rollout of the vaccine and never-ending lockdowns, the public has soured on the PM. Approval of his government’s response to covid
LONDON: Oil fell by over 3 per cent on Monday to a one-week low, dropping for a third session after official data showed refining throughput and economic activity slowed in China, an indication that COVID-19 outbreaks are crimping the world’s second-largest economy. Brent crude was down $2.21, or 3.1 per cent, at $68.38 a barrel
Risk aversion is a main theme today, on situation in Afghanistan, poor China data, and spread of Delta virus. Yen and Swiss Franc rise broadly, and to a lesser extent followed by Dollar. Commodity currencies are all in red, in particular with Aussie pressured by increasing pandemic restrictions. On the other hand, Euro and Sterling
Latest data released by the SNB – 16 August 2021 Domestic sight deposits CHF 639.3 bn vs CHF 635.9 bn prior Prior week’s release can be found here. A decent increase in overall sight deposits as it looks like the SNB is starting to come back into the picture after having seen EUR/CHF fall to
Risk tones remain more defensive but not quite as much as earlier in the day A snapshot of the risk barometers in the market reveals that the softer risk sentiment is still prevailing but things are slightly calmer in European trading so far: 10-year Treasury yields down 2.2 bps to 1.275%; low hit 1.248% WTI
Risk tones continue to stay on the defensive US futures looked to have calmed down a little mid-way through European morning trade but are now pulling back lower again as we’re about 30 mins from London midday. S&P 500 futures are down to the lows for the day with Nasdaq futures and Dow futures also
Remarks via state media Will strengthen fiscal, monetary policies to support employment Will improve policies to counter rise in commodity prices Will step up cross-cyclical adjustments, keep economic operations within reasonable range When it comes to China, the mention of these remarks tends to provide some idea on how they would be going about any
Gold prices hovered near a one-week high on Monday, as a plunge in US consumer sentiment allayed some concerns of an early tapering by the Federal Reserve. FUNDAMENTALSSpot gold was flat at $1,779.51 per ounce by 0100 GMT, having earlier hit a high since Aug. 6 at $1,780.82. US gold futures were up 0.2% to
NEW DELHI: Gold prices held near a week’s high level on Monday. A plunge in US consumer sentiment allayed some concerns of an early tapering by the Federal Reserve. Gold futures on MCX were marginally up 0.08 per cent, or Rs 37, at Rs 46,977 per 10 gram. Silver futures shed 0.09 per cent, or
It’s all about the consumers. After slowing core inflation and sharp deterioration in sentiment, Dollar took a steep dive towards the end of the week. Markets are suddenly less sure about a tapering announcement by Fed in September, not to mention anything concrete from Jackson Hole symposium later in the week. The greenback ended the