Aussie Dollar Gets Stunned as Unemployment Hits an 8-month High
Summary the January labour force statistics report Unemployment rose to an 8-month high of 3.7% […]
AUD/USD Sinks on Hawkish Lowe
It has been a disastrous session for AUD/USD, which has plunged 1.26% and is trading […]
RBA Lowe: I don’t think we’re at the peak of interest rate yet
RBA Governor Philip Lowe said in a Senate hearing, “I don’t think we’re at the […]
Australia NAB business confidence rose to 6, conditions rose to 18
Australia NAB Business Confidence rose further from 0 to 6 in January. Business Conditions also […]
Australia consumer sentiment dropped back to 78.5, pressures bearing down on consumer becoming intense
Australia Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index fell -6.9%mom from 84.3 to 78.5 in February. The […]
Australian Households Played a Classic Spread Trade in December
Aussies were seemingly focussed on feeling good over being good in December, with a 29.4% […]
Week Ahead: Inflation Data and News of a BoJ Governor Successor
After the FOMC, BOE, and ECB met 2 weeks ago, last week was all about […]
Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary: International Central Banks Deliver Another Round of Rate Hikes
Summary United States: Light Data Week, Soft Landing? Beyond Chair Powell’s interview on Tuesday, it […]
Week Ahead – A Valentine’s Day Treat
US The Valentine’s Day inflation report is the main event of this week. Disinflation trends […]
Week Ahead – US Inflation and BoJ Governor Nomination in Focus
An action-packed week lies ahead for FX traders. The dollar staged a recovery lately as […]
Focus Turns to UK GDP and Canada Employment for Direction
The markets are overall staying in directionless mode for now. Dollar’s selloff overnight didn’t last, […]
Australian employment down -11.5k in Jan, unemployment rate rose to 3.7%
Australia employment contracted -11.5k or -0.1% mom in January, worse than expectation of 20k growth. […]