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Commodity currencies are in focus lately as China stimulus and Trump tariffs are being evaluated by the market. Although underwhelming expectations from investors, the programs initiated by the Chinese government appear to be having some…
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With the RBA near universally expected to hold rates unchanged when it meets on Tuesday, the focus is on what kind of guidance it might provide. But for the AUD/USD, the risk factors this week might actually be outside of the country.…
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The Reserve Bank of Australia is near universally expected to keep rates on hold at the conclusion of its policy meeting on Tuesday. Given the movement in the data recently, there will be a lot of focus on what it signals is coming at the…
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Ahead of NFP later this week, investors looking for some insight into the strength of the global economy will likely be keenly interested in the trade data from the world's two largest economies. Particularly considering that the high level…
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AUDUSD falls as RBA might hold The Australian dollar heads south as slowing inflation builds a case for an extended pause in rate hikes. Despite volatile energy costs, core inflation eased further in August, lessening the burden on the…
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Next week, the economic news cycle is going to be dominated by the big central bank events, such as the FOMC meeting. But some of the smaller data points could get missed in the shuffle. Among them, some potentially good news for commodity…
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The RBA is widely expected to keep rates unchanged this time around. But the focus will be on the post-rate decision remarks, as there is considerable uncertainty about when and if there will be another rate hike. There are a couple of…
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Despite the recent inflation print that was better than expected, there is still a pretty solid expectation that the RBA will hike rates at its policy meeting tomorrow. The market reaction could depend more on what the reserve bank signals…
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There is considerable uncertainty around what the RBA will do when it meets later today (or early tomorrow, depending on your time zone). Part of this is due to signals being given by officials seemingly contradicting the data that has been…
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