RBNZ

The first meeting of the RBNZ for the year is likely to have extra expectations. This is one of the four "live" meetings, accompanied by a monetary policy statement and followed by a press conference. Typically, if the bank is going to… Read More

Later tonight we will be getting the most important data release of the week for NZD. This is probably the only chance the currency has to revert its current trend! However, expectations are that the labor market hasn't improved… Read More

2019 has seen an unprecedented move towards lower interest rates around the world. Traditional economists would see that and assume there was some major financial crisis central banks were desperately fighting. Interest rates in… Read More

We could be heading into some significant volatility for the NZD later tonight in the lead up to and in the aftermath of the RBNZ interest rate decision. There is an increasing chance that the bank might take action, with this being the… Read More

The markets open a mixed week ahead which will see both interest rate decisions and GDP revised estimates. The data for the coming week will give us some insight into how the various economies fared during the third quarter of this year.… Read More

New Zealand gets an early start to the trading week on Sunday evening with the release of some key consumer sentiment data that can move the markets. Electronic Card Retail Sales is the stand-in for a monthly measure of consumer… Read More

Two major commodity currency countries will be publishing their employment data. And that routinely shakes up the market a bit! New Zealand is especially interesting since they just finished signing a new trade agreement with their… Read More

Overnight and tomorrow we have a set of data releases that could directly affect the price movement of major currencies. The NZ inflation data is especially interesting since it's only published once per quarter. And investors are really… Read More

New Zealand will be closing the latest cycle of interest rate meetings of the major central banks around the world. The global bias continues to be on the easing side, with the exception of Norway. There hasn't been much improvement in… Read More

Traders will be looking to a somewhat quiet week. Besides the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s monetary policy meeting, there aren’t that many market-moving events. A host of economic reports will, however, keep traders busy. Data… Read More