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Week Ahead: Central bank meetings and US GDP take centre stage

Risk events pick up this week with major central bank meetings in Europe, Japan and Canada all expected to stand pat on policy changes. Markets have been adjusting this year to what officials have been saying and the resilient recent …

Hot data sparks unwind of rate cut bets

Headlines * Bond traders pare odds of Fed rate cut in March * UK inflation unexpectedly increased to 4% in December * US stocks drop as US retail sales soar as shoppers appear more confident * Gold retreats to over …

Week Ahead: Geopolitics could shake up markets

Investors will have to deal with the increasing issue of geopolitics after airstrikes by the US and UK to quell the concerns around Middle East shipping briefly saw oil prices surge late last week. Escalation appears to not be very …

Week Ahead: US Inflation In The Spotlight

The new year has kicked off with a reversal of the 2023 year end mega-rally in stocks and bond markets. Traders are reining in the aggressive rate cut expectations which were being baked into central bank pricing for the months …

Week Ahead: NFP and Eurozone CPI kick off 2024

We start the new year with a bang as top tier US and eurozone economic data point to a busy and volatile first week. Hopes are (too?) high that major central banks will begin cutting interest rates soon, with the …

Week Ahead: Bonanza of Central Bank Meetings and Top Tier Data

It’s a jam-packed pre-holiday week, full of the biggest central bank meetings and important data. Markets continue to place bets on early rates cuts with the ECB out front with the most policy easing priced in by money markets, followed …

Are 5 Fed rate cuts in 2024 too much? NFP in focus

Headlines * Yen explodes higher after BoJ Chief hints at exit from negative rates * Nasdaq 100 ends up over 1% boosted by AI optimism * Goldman sees ECB rate cut in April on stronger inflation retreat * Gold steadies …

Week Ahead: Non-Farm Payrolls, RBA and BoC in the spotlight

December kicks off with some potentially heavy hitting reports, including the monthly US non-farm payrolls, ISM Services figures, China CPI and trade data, plus two major central bank meetings.

Week Ahead: On watch for US and Euro area inflation

We get important data to potentially confirm the current soft landing theme this week as it’s “inflation Thursday” with gauges of price pressures from both the US and eurozone.

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