On October 6, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand made a rate statement. The bank hiked interest rates for the first time in seven years. Namely, the base rate was increased from 0.25% to 0.50%. Moreover, the bank stated that it would gradually remove monetary stimulus to battle inflation. Quoting the statement: " The Monetary Policy Committee agreed to increase the Official
On October 5, the Reserve Bank of Australia made a Rate Statement. In general, the central bank kept its interest rate unchanged at 0.10%. However, the central bank revealed that there would not be an environment in Australia for a rate hike as far as April 2024. Quoting the statement: "Maintain the cash rate target at 10 basis points and the interest
On Thursday, the Czech National Bank raised its base interest rate by 75 base points. This was the biggest rate hike of the bank since 1997. The event caused a more than 1.00% jump of the value of the Czech Koruna.
The week will experience three notable events. Namely, the Australian and New Zealand central bank rates and the US Employment data publication. On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is set to publish its Rate Statement and Cash Rate at 03:30 GMT. Australian Dollar traded assets are expected to experience volatility. Also on Tuesday, the US ISM Services PMI at 14:00 GMT
During the week, top events will be the US and Canadian Gross Domestic Product releases. The US data is set to be released on Thursday at 12:30 GMT. The Canadian GDP will be out on Friday at 12:30 GMT. However, before the GDPs, there are other events which could cause minor volatility. On Monday, a slight move on all USD
On September 23, the Swiss National Bank announced its monetary policy for the near term future. In general, the bank stated that it sees its policy as suitable and would not change anything. Moreover, the Chairman of the bank stated in a press conference afterwards that there is no reason to change the policy. Quoting the statement: " The SNB is maintaining
On September 23, the Bank of England published its Monetary Policy Summary. The document reveals the future BoE Asset Purchase Facility, Official Bank Rate and how the Monetary Policy Committee voted on both the rate and the asset buying. Quoting the statement: " The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in
On September 22, the US Federal Reserve Federal open Markets Committee published its Economic Projections and Statement in addition to the Federal Funds Rate. Namely, US Monetary policy was revealed. In general, the bank revealed that inflation in US had been picking up. Due to that reason, the central bank will keep its policy intact until the 2% inflation target
On September 22, the Bank of Japan published its Monetary Policy Statement. The four page statement essentially revealed that the future is highly unclear during Covid 19, asset purchases would remain unchanged, economic recovery would occur at a slower pace. Quoting the statement: "The Bank will apply a negative interest rate of minus 0.1 percent to the Policy-Rate Balances in current
Next week will be busy, as Markit is releasing the Manufacturing and Services Purchasing Managers Indices for top EU countries, the United Kingdom and the United States. Moreover, three top central banks will make rate statements and policy announcements. On Wednesday, at 14:30 GMT, the weekly US Crude Oil Inventories are expected to create oil price volatility. Since mid-August the event
On Tuesday, at 12:30 GMT, the US Consumer Price Index and Core Consumer Price Index data was published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Consumer Price Index came in at 0.3% instead of the forecast 0.4%. Meanwhile, the Core Consumer Price Index revealed price growth of 0.1% instead of the expected 0.3%. The worse than forecast statistics caused
The week's notable events will start on Tuesday. At 12:30 GMT, the US statisticians are scheduled to publish the monthly Consumer Price Index and Core Consumer Price Index data. The EUR/USD has moved from 24.7 to 51.9 points in a span of ten minutes around the release since April 2021. On Wednesday morning, the Pound's traders are bound to watch
On Friday, at 12:30 GMT, Statistics Canada published their monthly employment data sets. The release consisted of the Employment Change and the Unemployment Rate. The Employment Change came in at 90.2 thousand instead of the market forecast 67.2 thousand. Official Unemployment rate was 7.1% instead of 7.3%. The USD/CAD reacted to the news by declining 16 base points or 0.13%.
On September 9, the European Central Bank published its Monetary Policy Statement and Main Refinancing Rate. In general, the central bank kept its policy intact. Namely, monetary stimulus is bound to remain intact until the ECB reaches its 2% inflation target. However, the bank revealed that it would moderately lower the pace of asset purchases. This minor aspect boosted the
On September 8, the Bank of Canada published its Overnight Rate and published the BOC Rate Statement. In general, the central bank announced that it would continue its monetary stimulus program. In addition the bank commented on the economic recovery of the country. Quoting the statement: "The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at
On September 7, the Reserve Bank of Australia announced its Cash Rate and published a Rate Statement. In general, the central bank revealed that the economy of Australia would recover, which signals that demand for the Australian Dollar and its value would grow. However, the Delta variant of the coronavirus has delayed the recovery. Due to that reason the RBA
On Friday, at 12:30 GMT, the US Bureau of Labour Statistics published the US monthly employment data sets. The news that during the last month 235,000 people were employed instead of forecast 720,000 caused a sharp drop of the US Dollar. The EUR/USD currency exchange rate reacted to the event by sharply surging 37 base points or 0.31%. In regards
On Wednesday, at 12:15 GMT, the Automatic Data Processing National Employment Report was released. It revealed that instead of expected 640,000 new employed people in the US, there are 374,000. The EUR/USD surged by 22.4 base points in the aftermath of the announcement, as the US Dollar lost value.
The week will stand out with the Reserve Bank of Australia Rate Statement, the Bank of England Monetary Policy Report and the monthly US and Canadian data releases. Events will start on Monday, as on that day at 14:00 GMT, the US ISM Manufacturing PMI would be published. On Tuesday, at 04:30 GMT, the Reserve Bank of Australia will make a rate
On July 28, the US Federal Reserve made a rate statement and issues its Federal Open Market Committee Statement. In general, the Fed kept its interest rate unchanged and the bank continues its quantitative easing program. 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 will
On July 22, the European Central Bank published a monetary policy Statement. In general, the bank announced that the Eurozone is still in a crisis and still needs stimulus. Quoting the statement: "In its recent strategy review, the Governing Council agreed a symmetric inflation target of two per cent over the medium term. The key ECB interest rates have been close
Notable events start this week on Wednesday. At 12:30 GMT, the Canadian CPI is expected to impact all Canadian Dollar pairs. Later on, at 14:30 GMT, the weekly US Energy Information Administration Crude Oil Inventories data is bound to move crude oil prices and slightly impact commodity currencies. The top event of all will take place on Wednesday at 18:00 GMT. The
On July 16, the Bank of Japan published a Monetary Policy Statement and BoJ Outlook Report. In general, the bank kept its policy unchanged. However, the bank announced that it would reduce its 2021 Japan's economic growth forecast. In addition, the bank noted that due to increasing fuel prices it expects an increase in inflation. Quoting the statement: "At the Monetary
Despite the week starting on Wednesday for macroeconomic data releases, it is bound to be busy. Namely, the ten Markit PMI data sets on Friday are expected to cause volatility on EUR, USD and GBP pairs. Prior to the Friday's events, on Wednesday, expect crude oil prices to react to the US EIA crude oil inventories at 14:30 GMT. On Thursday,