US 500 Pares Post-NFP Gains

Market picture The cryptocurrency market has pulled back 0.7% to $2.37 trillion from local extremes in the last 24 hours while remaining around highs. This looks like localised profit-taking after the rally, but not exhaustion. For Bitcoin, it is technically significant that the current consolidation around $64K is taking place above the 50-day moving average, […]

Australia’s economy hit the wall in the September quarter. Output growth was a very weak 0.2%, or a sharp contraction in per capita terms of -0.5%qtr. Strikingly, consumer spending stalled, with a flat result and a decline in per capita terms of -0.6%qtr, as real disposable income collapsed, contracting -1.3%qtr, -4.3%yr. The Australian economy almost […]

Commerzbank’s analysis suggests a brighter outlook for the New Zealand Dollar (NZD) in the coming months despite recent downward pressure. Factors like broader U.S. Dollar strength and domestic issues have kept the NZD below last year’s highs. However, robust labor markets in both New Zealand and Australia and an expected stabilization of Chinese economic growth […]