Another Record for the US 500 Index

Key insights from the week that was. In Australia, headline results from the May Labour Force Survey were in line with Westpac’s forecasts. Growth in employment was solid in the month, up +39.7k (+0.3%), in part due to an unwind of a seasonal dynamic from last month – more people than usual entering employment in […]

The EUR/USD pair is exhibiting resilience, navigating around the 1.0850 mark on Tuesday, following a sequence of rises in the previous two sessions. The current market atmosphere is one of cautious optimism, as participants brace for significant upcoming events, including a speech by Jerome Powell, the head of the US Federal Reserve, and the release […]

Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony yesterday wasn’t overly optimistic but it revived the expectation that a rate cut could come sooner rather than later. In the first day of his semiannual testimony before Senators, Powell said – for the first time in three years – that inflation is no longer the only threat […]