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On Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, kept its monetary policy unchanged as expected, surprising with a hawkish tone that boosted the NZD across the board.  According to analysts at Wells Fargo, the RBNZ’s announcement represents upside risk to their NZD/USD exchange rate forecast. Key Quotes:  “The RBNZ held its Official Cash Rate steady

USD/INR stands on slippery ground near multi-day low, drops for fifth consecutive day. Risk-on mood weighs on the US dollar, downbeat options market also weigh on the quote. SBI report anticipates slower fall in Indian GDP, covid infections in India ease of late. Market sentiment favor bears, risk catalysts are the key to follow. USD/INR

EUR/USD turned south after rising to 1.2266 on Tuesday. US Dollar Index stages a modest recovery during American trading hours. Fed’s Clarida says Fed could discuss scaling purchases in upcoming meetings. The EUR/USD pair climbed to its highest level since early January at 1.2266 on Tuesday but lost its bullish momentum in the second half

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) number in April, which arrived at 4.2% on a yearly basis, was a “very unpleasant surprise,” Federal Reserve’s Vice Chairman Richard Clarida told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday, per Reuters. Additional takeaways “US outlook is very very positive and growth could hit 7%.” “Most recent employment report highlighted near term uncertainty in labor market.”

Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey acknowledged on Monday that the economic recovery in the UK is “quite unbalanced,” as reported by Reuters. “Hopefully, that imbalance will reduce as more services markets reopen from lockdown,” Bailey added. “The risk of high inflation expectations becoming entrenched is not our central view.” Market reaction These comments

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What you need to know on Monday, May 24: The greenback recovered on Friday, ending the week mixed across the FX board.   The American appreciated following upbeat US data and comments from Federal Reserve officials suggesting a sooner rather than later discussion on tapering amid signs of heating inflation. On Friday, Atlanta Federal Reserve President

Bitcoin tumbles again as China intensifies crackdown Equity markets fall modestly on Friday as big tech retreats but data remains supportive Fed now flips from behind the curve to thinking about being ahead  A tumultuous week but not on Wall Street. Crypto and in particular Bitcoin was the narrative spreading across trading screens this week

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) Chairman Thomas Jordan made some comments on the monetary policy outlook and exchange rate value, in an interview with Swiss daily Neue Zuercher Zeitung on Saturday. Key quotes “The franc remains highly valued.” “Inflation is only slightly above zero.” “Productive capacities are not fully utilized in Switzerland.” “Against this background,

GBP/USD drops toward 1.4150 as the US dollar strengthens on economic data Cable retreats from monthly highs, turns negative for the day. US dollar rises across the board supported by US economic data. The GBP/USD dropped to 1.4153 amid a rally of the US dollar across the board. Cable retreated sharply after hitting at 1.4233

US Manufacturing PMI rose to a new series high in May. US Dollar Index rose above 90.00 after the data. The business activity in the US manufacturing sector continued to expand at a robust pace in May with the IHS Markit’s Manufacturing PMI rising to a new series high of 61.5 from 60.5 in April.

NZD/USD refreshes intraday low amid a quiet Asian session. US dollar consolidates the previous day’s losses amid pick-up in 3-year Treasury yields. Israel-Palestine peace accord helps extend Wall Street gains, pre-PMI mood probe bulls. NZD/USD takes offers around 0.7180, down 0.24% intraday, as sellers retake control during early Friday. Amid a lack of major catalysts

FX option expiries for May 20 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below. – EUR/USD: EUR amounts         1.2160 916m 1.2175 1.3b 1.2300 411m – GBP/USD: GBP amounts         1.4020 608m – USD/JPY: USD amounts          108.65 532m 110.00 522m – AUD/USD: AUD amounts 0.7730-35 964m 0.7760 834m 0.7775 792m 0.7800 354m – USD/CHF:

AUD/USD is on the back foot following the Federal Open Market Committee’s minutes. At the time of writing, AUD/USD is down 0.93% having travelled from a high of 0.7797 to a low of 0.7716. The minutes showed that there are prospects for adjustments to the pace of purchases if the economy continues to make rapid progress towards

USD/CAD gained traction in the late American session. US Dollar Index remains on track to snap four-day losing streak. FOMC Minutes showed some policymakers are willing to discuss adjustments to asset purchases. The USD/CAD pair pushed higher in the late American session and touched a daily top of 1.2132 fueled by the renewed USD strength. As

Update: Gold price remains on the front foot near the four-month top, up 0.20% around $1,871, as European traders prepare for Tuesday’s bell. The gold buyers initially cheered a jump in the US Treasury yields to refresh multi-day high before recently respecting the downbeat US dollar. It should, however, be noted that the greenback bears

S&P 500 Futures ignore downbeat performance of US equities, take the bids of late. US President Biden prepared to send 20 million authorized covid jabs, China backs vaccine patent waiver. Kaplan reiterates need for tapering talk, still expects first rate hike in 2022. US data, Fedspeak keeps markets subdued ahead of Wednesday’s FOMC minutes. S&P

GBP/USD is on the warpath as the US dollar loses traction and support of yields.  Bulls target the 1.42 area in a break on the daily resistance. GBP/USD is currently trading at 1.4166 adding 40 pips on the day so far to trade 0.3% higher. Cable has travelled between a low of 1.4125 to a