Inflation

Consumer prices in the United States increased less than expected in September on the back of a slower pace of increase in rental costs and falling energy prices. The data indicated that underlying inflation pressures eased slightly during… Read More

The latest consumer prices data from China covering consumer and producer prices showed an overall increase in inflation. Consumer inflation in China accelerated to a six month high in August. The gains came with an increase in vegetable… Read More

China's National Bureau of Statistics released the consumer and factory inflation reports for July. The data showed that factory price inflation had cooled but was better than expected. The reports come amid a possible slowdown in the… Read More

The Bank of England (BoE) held its monetary policy meeting last week on Thursday. As widely expected, the central bank raised the key lending rate by 25 basis points to 0.75%. This was the second interest rate hike since November 2017.… Read More

The week ahead is expected to start somewhat slower compared to the previous week, as data on the economic calendar is rather limited. The RBNZ’s monetary policy meeting is due this week, which is likely to gather attention amid lack of… Read More

The European Central Bank held its monetary policy meeting last week on Thursday. As widely expected, the central bank did not make any changes to its monetary policy, leaving interest rates and QE purchases unchanged. The base… Read More

Consumer prices in Australia were seen rising at a subdued pace in the last three months - ending June 2018. The data underpinned the fact that Australia's Central Bank could continue extending its rate pause for a third year. The annual… Read More

USD bulls were given fresh encouragement last week as the Q2 GDP figures came in well above expectations at 4.1%, registering the strongest period of economic growth for four years. What is clear from the data, is that the $1.5 trillion in… Read More

The UK currency market was busy last week amid the jobs and the inflation report scheduled over the week. Ahead of the week, investors were expecting to see a healthy pace of increase across the labor market and consumer prices. UK… Read More

Canada’s monthly jobs report showed that the economy added a healthy gain of 31,800 jobs in the month of June. But this wasn’t enough to keep the unemployment rate steady. Canada’s unemployment rate jumped two percentage points to 6.0%. In… Read More