Gold (XAU/USD) trims a part of its heavy intraday losses and recovers closer to the $4,650 region during the first half of the European session. Any meaningful upside, however, still seems elusive in the wake of a goodish pickup in the US Dollar (USD) demand.
Brazil Fipe's IPC Inflation climbed from previous 0.25% to 0.59% in March
Rabobank’s Senior Market Strategist Benjamin Picton notes that Brent briefly fell below $100 before Donald Trump’s national address reversed risk sentiment, sending Oil higher and bond yields up.
European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council (GC) member and Governor of the Lithuanian central bank, Gediminas Simkus, said during European trading hours on Thursday that the central bank needs to exercise caution on interest rates as the situation is changing.
MUFG’s Senior Currency Analyst Michael Wan analyzes new RBI measures restricting Indian Rupee non-deliverable derivatives and recent limits on onshore USD/INR positions. He argues these steps deepen the divide between onshore and offshore markets and aim to curb INR weakness.
EUR/GBP’s reversal from one-month highs at 0.8740 found buyers right above 0.08700 on Wednesday, and the pair has trimmed losses on Thursday, returning to the 0.8720 area at the time of writing.The Euro (EUR) seems to be faring better than the British Pound (GBP) amid the risk-averse market mood, an
According to a poll from Reuters, all 32 economists are in favor that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will leave its Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 2.25% in the monetary policy meeting on April 8.
Commerzbank economists Dr. Christoph Balz and Dr. Ralph Solveen argue that higher Oil prices from the Iran War are set to push US inflation higher. They expect March CPI to rise 0.9% month-on-month and 3.3% year-on-year, with core at 0.3% and 2.7%.
NZD/USD depreciates nearly 0.8% after two days of gains, trading around 0.5710 during the European hours on Thursday. The technical analysis of the daily chart signals a persistent bearish bias as the pair remains within a descending channel pattern.
Here is what you need to know on Thursday, April 2:
The US Dollar (USD) is trading higher against the Swiss Franc (CHF) on Thursday. The pair bounced up from lows near 0.7900 on Wednesday, but it is struggling to confirm above the 0.8000 psychological level, despite the release of softer-than-expected Swiss inflation figures.
ING’s Chris Turner highlights that Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey pushed back against aggressive tightening expectations, warning markets are overpricing rate hikes that hurt confidence.
