China’s Economy Likely Accelerated in Q4, But Will This Lift the Gloom?

New Zealand’s core inflation trend has decelerated at a faster pace than Australia. RBNZ may use tomorrow’s monetary policy meeting to offer dovish guidance and bring forward its projected first interest rate cut in H1 2025. A dovish hold by RBNZ may reinforce the continuation of the AUD/NZD medium-term bullish trend with key support at […]

Gold prices reach a new record high of $2465/oz, driven by post-CPI and rate cut optimism. Despite a resurgent US Dollar, gold’s upward momentum remains strong, briefly dipping before rallying to new highs. June’s US retail sales figures and an upward revision of May’s data had minimal impact on gold’s rally and market expectations for […]

Markets Yesterday’s eco calendar’s market moving potential didn’t fully materialize. Ranging from slightly higher-than-expected European (y/y) inflation over the BoE dropping its hawkish bias to the US’ sub-consensus unit labor costs & weekly jobless claims vs an unexpected improvement in the manufacturing ISM (with solid new orders and rising prices). Oil prices fell off a […]