Cable – Bears Look for Push Though Daily Cloud Base After Consolidation

Gold prices are holding steady near $2,650 in Asian trading on Monday, despite positive market sentiment from China’s new stimulus measures. Traders are hesitant to make any big moves before the speech from US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell later today. Powell didn’t touch on the economy or monetary policy in his last speech, […]

Influential financial media are promoting the need for a 50-basis point rate cut. The Fed’s blackout period starts 10 days before the rate decision is released, so the main influence on the markets during this time comes from traders’ interpretation of data and commentary from influential speakers in major financial media. Employment and inflation figures […]

Markets Above-consensus April inflation figures in the UK triggered an obvious underperformance of gilts, resulting in yield gains between 7.2 (30-yr) and 14.2 bps (2-yr). A June rate cut by the BoE is just short of fully priced out. Steep gilt losses dragged core peers lower as well. German yields gapped higher at the open […]