AUD/USD has been on a steady uptrend in the long-run but is pulling back sharply after touching multi-year highs. Two central banks are both leaning hawkish, though one appears to be hitting the breaks on tightening while the other is in the middle of a leadership transition. This week’s Australian jobs report could either settle this story or add…
Too soon to say if ECB needs to act in June Need to pay close attention to inflation The Bank of France nominee Emmanuel Moulin, who is going to replace Francois Villeroy as the next ECB governor, said that it’s still too early to commit to any specific action at the upcoming June meeting. He emphasized that policymakers need…
United Kingdom PPI Core Output (YoY) n.s.a up to 2.4% in April from previous 2%
The FOMC meeting minutes is up today! Think you’ve got your U.S. dollar setups locked and loaded? Check out USD/CHF’s potential resistance!
BofA has upgraded its yen view to neutral from bearish and cut its end-2026 USD/JPY forecast to 152 from 157, citing improving structural flows and flagging three catalysts that could turn it outright bullish. Summary: The following is drawn from a Bank of America Securities research note: BofA has upgraded its yen view to neutral from bearish and cut…
The United Kingdom (UK) Office for National Statistics (ONS) will publish the high-impact Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for March at 06:00 GMT. With inflation pressure high on the agenda of the central banks, April’s CPI will be analysed by the market from a monetary policy perspective, providing further insight about the Bank of England’s (BoE) next steps. In…
2026.05.19 2026.05.20 Weekly Economic Calendar for 25.05.2026–31.05.2026 Jana Kanehttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/jana-kane/ The week of May 25–31, 2026, marks the end of the month and rounds off the first half of the year. Market participants will be focused on key macroeconomic releases from the US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, Germany, and China, as well as the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s…
Canada‘s April inflation report showed headline CPI accelerating to 2.8% (y/y) — its fastest pace since May 2024 — as the U.S.-Iran war continued to drive gasoline prices sharply higher and last year’s carbon levy removal dropped out of the annual comparison. Statistics Canada reported that the consumer price index rose 0.4% (m/m) in April, lifting the annual rate…
The People’s Bank of China is due to set the daily USD/CNY reference rate at around 0115 GMT (2115 US Eastern time), a fixing that remains one of the most closely watched signals in Asian foreign exchange markets. China operates a managed floating exchange rate system, under which the renminbi (yuan) is allowed to trade within a prescribed band…
Tuesday handed the Pound a labour market reading that was mixed enough to satisfy nobody. UK payroll data showed Average Earnings excluding bonuses cooling to 3.4% on the three-month-on-year measure, in line with consensus, while the Including Bonus figure ran hot at 4.1% against a 3.8% expectation. The Employment Change print was a chunky 148K, but the headline ILO…
