German Bunds Slump on FED Rate Hike Expectations, Focus on Crude Oil The German long-term bunds slumped on Thursday as investors cooled on safe-haven assets after FOMC April meeting minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s strengthened bets of an interest rate hike in June...
Oil Drops -1.5% Amid Growing Supplies, Stronger USD Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic dives deeper in the red this Thursday, extending heavy losses witnessed a day before, as rising US crude supplies and Iran’s output dampened the sentiment around the black gold...
Gold Breaks Major Support $1256, Decline Till $1230 Is Possible - Good to Sell on Rallies Major support - $1256 (200 day 4H MA) Major intraday resistance - $1265 The yellow metal has declined drastically on stronger dollar and declined 1.5% yesterday...
Australian Bonds Plunge on Hawkish FOMC Minutes The Australian government bonds plunged on Thursday after minute release from the April FOMC meeting that indicated policymakers were in support of a move to raise rates in June if the economy supported it...
Fed Signals Rate Hike in June on Conditions of Economic Improvement The minutes of the April 26-27 Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Wednesday signaled markets of a possible rate hike in June, if the US economy good track of improvement...
Guide to Today's Important Data and Events Quite a handful of economic dockets scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated. Data released so far – Australia – Unemployment rate for April declined to 5.7...
Australia: Not Yellen Yet, Just Hinting – ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that low volatility, even lower bond yields globally, and tighter credit spreads have provided a favourable backdrop for Australian corporates to issue and investors hungry for yield are providing a willing buyer...
USD and US Interest Rates Headed North after FOMC Minutes – Westpac Martina Song, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that the US dollar and US interest rates rose sharply after the minutes of the Fed’s 26/27 April meeting were released...
Gold Attempts Recovery from FOMC-Minutes-Led Slide Gold found support once again at 1255 levels in early Asia, and from there takes on the recovery mode as the greenback moves-off seven-week tops reached a day before against its major peers after the FOMC minutes...
Asian Stocks Trade Mixed on Fed Minutes, Weaker Commodities The stocks on the Asian bourses fluctuate between gains and losses amid underlying mixed tone in the markets, as the Asian traders digest the latest FOMC minutes, which revealed that the US interest rate hike is back on the cards this Ju...
Crude Oil Inventories Rise Unexpectedly Crude oil dropped in the immediate aftermath of the latest official US oil inventories report from the EIA as traders responded to the headline build of 1.31 million barrels...
U.S. Government Bonds Slide on FED Rate Hike Expectations The U.S. government bonds continue to trade lower on Wednesday after reading strong April consumer price index and hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials...
USD: Is the Currency Oversold? - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, suggests that the futures are implying a stronger risk of a US rate hike this year on the back of yesterday’s slew of hawkish commentary from Fed officials...
Can Japanese Policy Weaken JPY? – Nomura Research Team at Nomura, suggests that after the sharp JPY depreciation owing to disappointment from the BOJ, USD/JPY has stabilised around 109, the level before expectations of a BOJ easing increased because of a media report...
What to Watch Out in Today's FOMC Minutes Today, Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) will release minutes of its April meeting, which is the biggest event risks for Dollar based pairs. Today’s minutes is of particular interest to have a feel, which camp within FOMC gaining momentum...
USD Looks Constructive Medium Term – Westpac Strategists at Westpac argued the outlook for the greenback remains constructive in the medium term. Key Quotes “Fed officials, even doves like Rosengren and Kaplan, are signaling that June is live and 2-3 rate hikes "make sense...
Oil, Metal and the Dollar - SocGen Kit Juckes, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, notes that the dollar up 10% this month against the South African rand, 4% against the Australian dollar and top of the major currency league for May...
Gold Holds Near-Term Trading Range ahead of Fed Minutes Gold once again retreated from $1280 level and dropped back to $1270 level, holding its near-term trading pattern within a narrow range...
