The JPY is once again in focus this week as Japanese inflation data is released early Friday am. So, with Governor Ueda disappointing JPY bulls this week by saying that the BoJ were still some away from sustainably achieving the…
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, July 19! At 07:00 UK time, the much-awaited UK inflation data will be revealed. Anticipations suggest that the headline figure will drop to 8.2% y/y from the previous 8.7%. However, the core reading is expected…
The RBNZ met last night and announced that they would be continuing holding rates at 5.50% for the foreseeable future. Although broadly happy with domestic labour and inflation readings they still note the potential for inflation to surprise them, particularly…
This week, the GBP could experience significant fluctuations as key events unfold. On Wednesday morning (UK time), UK Headline Inflation is expected to reveal one of the lowest readings in over a year, while the core reading is anticipated to…
Around 4am UK time on Friday this week the Bank of Japan meet and will decide on their monetary policy for the coming month. Speculation has been constantly surrounding the BoJ this year regarding whether they will exit their ultra…
Next week the Reserve Bank of Australia meet on Tuesday June 06 at 0530UK time. The expectations from short term interest rate markets are that rates will be unchanged at 3.85%. However, interest rate markets still see a terminal rate…
On Tuesday we have the hot anticipated US CPI print. Headline and core inflation is expected to fall from last month’s prior readings and investors are closely watching for this data point to get a sense of the Fed’s next direction. If…
On Thursday last week the Bank of England made a 50bps hike as expected. However, the decision was ultimately seen as a dovish one as the Bank Of England left open the possibility that it could be the last hike of…
The ECB are due to meet this week on Thursday and the pressure is on the ECB to hike rates. Inflation data last week showed a headline print of 8.1% y/y over the 7.6% y/y expected which was at the…
The ECB has seen a series of hawkish comments from ECB board members over the last couple of weeks. It seems that Christine Lagarde now has the memo as on Monday this week she outlined that the ECB will be…
