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
The United States Federal Reserve Federal Open Markets Committee has just increased the Federal Funds Rate from 4.75% up to 5.00%. The market consensus was that the Fed would hike 0.25%.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has just published the US monthly employment data. The data sets have revealed. Major increases in employment numbers, but no changes in salaries. The Average Hourly Earnings were expected to increase by 0.3% and hit the forecast. Non-Farm Employment Change forecast was 193,000, but turned out to be at 517,000. The Unemployment Rate was
The European Central Bank has just increased its Main Refinancing Rate from 2.50% up to 3.00%. In addition, the central bank has published its Monetary Policy Statement. Note that the management of the ECB is set to host a Press Conference at 13:45 GMT. The journalist question and answer section usually create major Euro volatility.
The Bank of England has increased its Official Bank Rate from 3.50% up to 4.00%. The members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted as follows. Seven cast votes for a rate hike and two voted for keeping rates unchanged. In addition, the bank has published its Monetary Policy Summary and Monetary Policy Report. The increase and voting numbers were expected
At 13:30 GMT, the Canadian GDP was revealed to have increased by 0.1% on a month on month basis. The news caused a surge of the Canadian Dollar against other currencies. As a result, the decline of the USD/CAD spilled over into a broader decline of the US Dollar index.
The United States Bureau of Labour statistics has just now released the latest Consumer Price Index data. The data reveals how the US inflation has changed during the last month. The release consisted of month-on-month, year-on-year and core month-on-month inflation. Monthly inflation was expected to have changed by -0.1%. Annual inflation rate was forecast to be at 6.5%. The
The European Central Bank has just now hiked its Main Refinancing Rate and has published its Monetary Policy Statement. The base interest rate has been hiked from 2.00% up to 2.50%. Afterwards, at 13:45 GMT, the President of the bank Christine Lagarde revealed that the central bank expects inflation to remain persistent and rates should remain higher. Due to the
The Bank of England has hiked its Official Bank Rate by 0.50%. The official rate has been increased from 3.00% up to 3.50%. The increase was expected and priced in. Meanwhile, the way how the central bank policymakers voted has caused a decline of the Pound. Namely, the committee was expected to vote unanimously for the hike, but two