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The first quarter unemployment data was released by Statistics New Zealand last week. According to official data, the New Zealand unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low in the first three months of the year ending March 2018. The…
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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's monetary policy meeting was largely a non-event as it was partly overshadowed by the Fed's announcement to hike interest rates. The central bank meeting which followed a few hours after the Fed meeting…
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The week ahead will see a continuation in the central bank meetings. The lineup includes the Reserve Bank of Australia, the RBNZ and the Bank of England. No changes are expected from either of the central banks at this week's meeting but…
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The week ahead will see the continuation of the central bank decisions with the focus turning to the RBA and the RBNZ. Both the central banks are expected to remain on the sidelines, however, as no rate hikes are expected this week.…
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The markets head into a slow week. From the US Fed speakers include Janet Yellen who will be speaking next week. A rather busy week from the US will see the GDP revisions for the second quarter alongside the core PCE price index data. In…
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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand decision will be released in few hours, while the economic activities have weakened further compared with the data that was available for the bank during the previous decision. At 09:00 GMT+, eyes will be on…
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The month of July saw the investor sentiment in the US dollar continue to deteriorate. The greenback came under pressure on both fronts that included economic and political developments. Inflation remained a major concern among…
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A few weeks ago, we took a detailed look from a technical point of view at the two interesting pairs. We speculated the possible scenarios, based on the previous reactions and the potential catalysts, which could lead to the next move. Are…
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For the past year, there were two currencies which failed multiple times to break above key resistance areas, despite the fact that the US Dollar has been declining for the past six months. Those two currencies are the Aussie and the Kiwi…
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Summary: RBNZ’s June monetary policy meeting saw no changes to the OCR, which remains steady at 1.75% RBNZ leaves forecasts unchanged from the May policy meeting Expects further cooling in home prices Inflation expected to…
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