Dollar Index Outlook: Bulls Reduce Speed Ahead of US Inflation Data

Issues in the home-building sector are still boosting goods inflation in Australia. This week RBA Head of Economic Analysis Marion Kohler gave a speech on the economic outlook. Normally an RBA speech so soon after the release of the Statement on Monetary Policy will be designed to reinforce the messages in that publication, rather than […]

The week kicked off with quite a solid appetite, especially for commodities. Gold advanced to a fresh record and traded at $2450 per ounce yesterday despite a further rebound in US yields after more Federal Reserve (Fed) members voiced their preference for keeping the rates ‘high for longer’. Loretta Mester said that she no longer […]

In focus today Today offers a light schedule in terms of tier-1 data releases. Most global markets that were off yesterday due to the International Labour Day are back today. In the US, we will keep an eye out for the preliminary Q1 productivity data. Surprisingly strong productivity growth contributed to the US economy’s stellar […]