Material difficulties at the beginning of the week, awaiting tomorrow’s U.S. Consumer Price Index and the day after tomorrow’s U.S. FOMC meeting

  “Starting the week, there is a shortage of market-moving news. The scheduled economic indicators include the Indian Consumer Price Index (May), the Indian Industrial Production Index (April), and the US Monthly Treasury Statement (May), which are less anticipated by the market. This week, the outcome of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting […]

Adjustment-driven timing, ahead of next week’s FOMC

Today, the Nikkei average is experiencing volatile trading, which is typical for SQ (Special Quotation) week. There was a moment when it dropped by 700 yen, marking the largest decline of the year. There is also a partial reversal in yen-selling positions for USD/JPY and cross-yen pairs. However, it doesn’t seem that risk aversion sentiment […]

Dollar selling dominated by yesterday’s ISM and today’s Central Bank of Australia, and the trend may continue with little material after this.

Yesterday, the market saw a prevailing selling sentiment for the US dollar, triggered by unexpectedly weak results in the US ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index. Additionally, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised the market by implementing an interest rate hike during today’s RBA policy meeting, leading to a sharp appreciation of the Australian dollar […]

June FOMC Expected to Stay Unchanged, But Still Fluid Ahead of US Employment Data

Yesterday, market sentiment shifted towards a majority expectation of the June FOMC remaining unchanged. This change was in response to the support for holding off on rate hikes from a Jefferson Fed Board member and the President of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, Harker. Prominent Fed watchers had also indicated a possibility of no rate hike. […]