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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

Tuesday registered a surprise beat in electronic card retail sales data. Now, the next bit of market-moving data is tomorrow's (or later tonight, depending on where you are) BusinessNZ Manufacturing Index. This is like the Kiwi version… Read More

At the start of the week, commodity currencies got a bump. This came after the PBOC reduced reserve requirements for banks (RRR as it's known). This highlights the importance of the Chinese credit situation in forex, and why traders ought… Read More

Unlike most other countries, New Zealand does not publish it's consumer confidence data on a monthly basis. We only get that information once each quarter. So, in order to get a better view of the changes in consumer sentiment, analysts… Read More