The ECB has just increased its base interest rate from 4.00% up to 4.25%. In addition, the central bank has released its Monetary Policy Statement, which explains the reasoning behind the policy decision. The move follows yesterday's Federal Reserve's 0.25% hike. The central banks have tightened monetary policy in a tandem effort to combat inflation without disrupting currency exchange rates Note
The US Federal Reserve Federal Open Market Committee has just increased the Federal Funds Rate from 5.25% up to 5.50%. The increase was expected. In addition, the Fed has released the FOMC Statement, in which the rate decision's base is explained. Note that the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell is set to host a live press conference at
The release of the various European Manufacturing and Services Purchasing Managers Indices has revealed that the European business sectors are pessimistic in regards to the future. All of the data sets were already expected to be pessimistic. However, they beat the expectations to the downside, which caused a decline of the Euro.
The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics published the US monthly employment data sets at 12:30 GMT. Non-Farm Employment Change was expected to be at 224,000. Actual change in number of employed people during June was 209,000. Average Hourly Earnings month on month change was forecast to show an increase of 0.3%. The bureau reported that wages had increased
The Automatic Data Processing Inc Non-Farm Employment Change number is seen as a precursor to official US employment data, as it is released monthly, one day prior to the official Non-Farm Employment Change of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data release at 12:15 GMT has just caused major volatility. It was forecast that the US would have
The United States Bureau of Economic Analysis has published the US Final quarter on quarter Gross Domestic Product data. The markets expected US economy to have grown in the first quarter of the year by 1.4%. Instead of the expected, the economy has been reportedly increased by 2.0%. The higher GDP data signals that the US economy remains strong and
It was previously reported that the Turkish Lira reached a record low of 20.0750 on May 29. Since the publication of the report, the USD/TRY surge has gained additional 6.10 or 30.56%.Prior fundamental reasoning for the already occurred surge can be read below. The drop of the currency was caused by the re-election of Recep Rayyip Erdogan as the country's
The Turkish Lira has reached a record low level against peer currencies. The USD/TRY traded above 20.0750 during mid-European hours. The drop of the currency was caused by the re-election of Recep Rayyip Erdogan as the country's President. Erdogan has extended his rule in Turkey for a third decade. In general, the re-election of the current head of state
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis has just published its monthly Core PCE Price Index. The index was expected to reveal personal consumption expenditures to have increased by 0.3%. The actual increase has been revealed to be 0.4%. The data was already expected to confirm that the US Federal Reserve was not managing in decreasing price inflation in the United
The United States Bureau of Economic Analysis has published the US quarterly Preliminary GDP data. GDP was expected to have increased by 1.1%. The actual number has been revealed to be 1.3%. The news strengthened the USD. In the current macroeconomic environment positive GDP data indicates that the US Federal Reserve is set to continue to hike interest rates and
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has unexpectedly revealed that it would end its monetary tightening cycle. This morning, the central bank hiked its rate from 5.25% up to 5.50% and announced that it is the last hike. As a result of the unexpected monetary policy change the New Zealand Dollar's value plummeted. By 07:00 GMT the NZD/USD had declined
The BoE has just increased its Official Bank Rate from 4.25% up to 4.50%. The central bank has decided to hike only 0.25%, despite annual inflation in the United Kingdom once again being above 10.00% mark. The bank reports that seven members of the nine member committee voted for a rate hike. Meanwhile, two members wanted to keep the rate
The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics has just published the monthly inflation data sets. The release consists of US Consumer Price index m/m, Consumer Price Index y/y and Core Consumer Price Index m/m changes in percent. The markets had already priced in inflation and market consensus forecasts were compiled. Due to this reason, the US Dollar value adjusts
Today, the US Consumer Price Index data release at 12:30 GMT is set to impact the financial markets. Market participants are about to look at whether the inflation data sets will show a decline in the pace of price increases in the United States or a decrease. In general, higher than expected inflation is expected to pressure the US Federal Reserve
The US Fed has just increased its Federal Funds Rate from 5.00% up to 5.25%. The markets expected a 0.25% increase. The markets reacted to the news with an initial decline of the value of the US Dollar against other financial assets. Following the rate release, the head of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell spoke at a press conference at
The markets expected that the Reserve Bank of Australia would not increase its official Cash Rate. Namely, the interest rate was expected by most to remain at 3.60%. Instead, this morning at 04:30 GMT, the RBA hiked the interest rate by 0.25%. The current rate is at 3.85%, which is the highest level since 2012. Moreover, the central bank
This week, the top event of the week will be the announcement of the US Federal Reserve Federal Funds Rate at 18:00 GMT. The Fed is expected to hike its base interest rate from 5.00% up to 5.25%. A larger increase or no increase at all would cause a sharp adjustment of the value of the US Dollar. Subsequently
The United States Bureau of Economic Analysis has just published the country's quarterly Advance GDP data. The markets expected that the GDP would have increased by 2.0% during the quarter. The data came in below expectations, as GDP had increased by 1.1%. The lower data confirms views of an upcoming recession. A potential recession would cause a run to
The latest United Kingdom Consumer Price Index has been revealed to be at 10.1%, compared to the forecast of 9.8%. The data indicates that inflation remains persistent. On the GBP/USD charts the event resulted in an increased volatility, as the markets took in the news
The US Dollar has just spiked nearly 0.40% against peer currencies due to the publication of worse than expected US monthly Retail Sales data. US Retails Sales declined by 1.0% instead of the expected 0.4% and Core Retail Sales have decreased by 0.8% compared to the forecast -0.4%.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has just published the monthly Consumer Price Index data sets. Consumer Price Index month on month, which was expected to be at 0.2%, is actually 0.1%, Consumer Price Index year on year, which was expected to be at 5.1%, is actually 5.0% Core Consumer Price Index month on month, which was expected to be at
At 12:30 GMT, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis released the United States Core Personal Consumption Expenditures. The market consensus was that the price would have increased by 0.4% on a month on month basis. However, the number was revealed to be 0.3%. The release caused an immediate sharp drop of the value of the US Dollar against other financial
The Bank of England has once again hiked its base interest rate. Official Bank Rate has been increased from 4.00% up to 4.25%, as the market expected. In the meantime, note that seven out of the nine BOE Monetary Policy Committee members voted for the 0.25% rate hike. Two members voted to keep interest rates intact.
The Swiss National Bank has hiked its SNB Policy Rate from 1.00% up to 1.50%. The central bank has hiked interest rates despite the ongoing turmoil in the country's banking sector. As a result of the rate hike the Swiss Franc immediately gained value against peer currencies. The SNB hike caused a 0.46% percent decline. The combined actions by