During the week, main attention is set to be put on the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of Canada bank rate publications on Tuesday and Wednesday. However, minor USD moves could still occur in the second part of the week. On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will publish its Cash Rate at 03:30 GMT. On Wednesday, at 15:00
This week, the main event will be the release of the US employment data on Friday at 13:30 GMT. The release will consists of the publication of the Average Hourly Earnings, Non-Farm Employment Change and Unemployment Rate. Also on Friday, the Canadian Employment Change and Unemployment Rate are set to be published at 13:30 GMT. The Canadian Dollar is expected to
On Wednesday, at 13:30 GMT, the Canadian Consumer Price Index data release hit the market forecast at 0.7% growth. The announcements caused a drop of the value of the Canadian Dollar. The USD/CAD currency exchange rate reacted to the release with a surge of 46 base points.
The week prior, the US inflation data was released, which is the first one in a series of global consumption data sets. This week, the UK and Canadian consumer price indices will be published. Moreover, the US, UK and Canadian Retail Sales data will be published. All of the events have caused from minor to high impact on the underlying
At 13:30 GMT, on Wednesday, the US statisticians published monthly US inflation data. The numbers were higher than forecast, which caused a short lived USD surge. For example, the EUR/USD currency exchange rate dipped 24 base points or 0.21%. However, the pair returned to previous levels after just 15 minutes. The data caused the drop due to the US Consumer Price
At 12:30 GMT, the US monthly employment data caused a strengthening of the USD. The EUR/USD immediately dropped 22 base points or 0.19%, on the release of data. The release consisted of three data sets. The Average Hourly Earnings hit the forecast of 0.4% increase. Non-Farm Employment Change revealed a 531K increase, compared to the forecast 455K. Meanwhile, Unemployment Rate was
The second week of November is expected to be a calm one, as there are no scheduled data releases, which have shown to be capable of causing notable volatility. However, note that US inflation data sets will be published during the week. US monetary policy makers use the data as a benchmark for their decisions. On Tuesday, the US Producer Price
On November 4, the Bank of England announced its future monetary policy. The Official Bank Rate, Bank Rate Votes, Asset Purchase Facility and Asset Purchase Facility votes were revealed. Namely, the bank published both the policy decision and how the members of the monetary policy committee voted. In general, the bank decided to keep monetary policy unchanged. However, instead of
On November 3, the US Federal Reserve Federal Open Market Committee published its statement. In general, the central bank announced that it would decrease monthly asset purchases by $15 billion. Meanwhile, the Federal Funds Rate remained unchanged. Quoting the statement: " The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and expects it
At 12:30 GMT, on Wednesday, the yellow metal's price started a drop, which lasted two hours, and gold lost 1.50% against the US Dollar. The move could be attributed to the publication of good US employment data. Namely, the ADP Non-Farm Employment Change was released at 517,000 instead of the forecast 400,000. However, the data was released at 12:15 GMT
On November 2, the Reserve Bank of Australia published its official Cash Rate and Rate Statement. In general, the bank left the Cash Rate unchanged and revealed that it would continue to purchase government assets until February 2022. However, the bank dropped the target of 10 basis points for the 2024 Australian Government bond. Quoting the statement: " maintain the cash rate
On Friday, at 12:30 GMT, the Canadian GDP data was published. Due to being lower than forecast, the GDP data caused a Canadian Dollar drop. The event caused a 42 base point 15 minute long surge of the USD/CAD currency exchange rate. On a month-to-month basis the Gross Domestic Product of Canada increased by 0.4%. However, the market consensus forecast
During the week, the top event of them all will take place. The US Federal Reserve Rate announcement on Wednesday is bound to take away attention from all the rest of the events. Although, there are still times, during which volatility will increase due to data being published. On Monday, the US ISM Manufacturing PMI will be published at 14:00 GMT.
At 12:30 GMT on Thursday, the US Advance GDP data for the quarter was released. The GDP grew by 2.0% instead of the forecast 2.6%. The EUR/USD reacted to the event with a 15 pip move up. However, immediately after, the rate dipped 10 pips, back to 1.1590. The dip was attributed to the Advance GDP Price Index, which
On October 28, the European Central Bank published its Monetary Policy Decisions. The central bank kept interest rates unchanged and revealed that it would continue its asset and pandemic purchase programs. Quoting the statement: " The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25%
On October 28, the Bank of Japan announced its Policy Rate and published the Monetary Policy Statement and the BOJ Outlook Report. In general, the bank kept its monetary policy unchanged, as the rate remained at -0.1% and the 10-Year Japanese Government Bond yield target would remain at 0.00%. Quoting the statement: " The short-term policy interest rate: The Bank will apply a
On October 27, the Bank of Canada announced its policy rate and published its Rate Statement together with the Monetary Policy Report. In general, the bank kept its interest rate unchanged. However, the bank revealed that it expects that it would hike interest rates in the middle of 2022. Moreover, the bank stated that it would end its quantitative easing
In general, during the week, the markets are expected to be impacted by Gross Domestic Product change data and two central bank announcements. Note that notable events will start on Wednesday. On Wednesday, at 12:30 GMT, the US Durable Goods Orders and Core Durable Goods Orders change data will be published. Also on Wednesday, at 14:00 GMT, the Bank of
At 08:30 GMT, the GBP jumped against peer currencies. The GBP/USD surged 30 base points or 0.22%. The move occurred due to the better than forecast United Kingdom Purchasing Managers Indices. The Markit Institute released survey results of services and manufacturing sector managers showed that the industry is more optimistic than previously assumed. Namely, the UK Flash Manufacturing PMI came in at
At 12:30 GMT, a 15 base point jump of the USD/CAD occurred, as the Canadian Consumer Price Index was revealed to be at 0.2% instead of the forecast 0.1%.
The week will have various notable data being released. Among them are UK CPI, Canadian CPI and the Manufacturing and Services Purchasing Managers Indices for Europe, US and the United Kingdom. On Wednesday morning, at 06:00 GMT, the UK Consumer Price Index will be published. Later on, at 12:30 GMT, the Canadian Consumer Price Index is scheduled to be released. Also on
At 12:30 GMT, the United States and Canadian statisticians published their monthly employment data. The US data negatively impacted the value of the US Dollar. In the meantime, the Canadian data came in better than the markets forecast. As a result, the USD/CAD pair dropped by more than 40 base points or 0.33%. The Employment Change for Canada was at 151,700.00
At 12:30 GMT, the US Dollar reacted to the publication of the monthly US employment data. An initial jump of 20 base points occurred on the EUR/USD charts. Afterwards, it appeared that the currency exchange rate began a surge. The US employment data sets came in mixed. The US Average Hourly Earnings increased by 0.6% instead of the forecast 0.4%. The
During the week, most volatility could be caused by the US Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index and Retail Sales data. On Wednesday, the US Consumer Price Index and Core Consumer Price Index data will be published at 12:30 GMT. Later on, on Wednesday, some new information could be found in the FOMC Meeting Minutes release at 18:00 GMT. Namely,