
Last week, there were sharp swings in USDJPY, a decline in oil prices, and a surge in Tesla stock. What's next?
On Friday, the evergreen buck declined versus its counterparts due to the fact that Fed Vice Chairman Richard Clarida expressed concerns as for global surge and came up with quite dovish remarks on monetary policy.
Evaluating the evergreen buck’s purchasing power against its major rivals the USD index tacked on by 0.46% trading at 96.35.
On Friday, Clarida told that the major US financial institution is approaching a neutral rate. The given rate neither overstimulates the US economy, nor stifles surge. He also told that the world’s economy is currently decelerating.
Clarida's remarks were considered to be dovish. They sent the evergreen buck down, leading some to rumor whether the key US bank would suspend its gradual rate lifts sooner than anticipated, notwithstanding experts downplaying the remarks.
As RBC told, the market reactions to interpretations of the key US bank seem to be absolutely backwards" because there was nothing in the economic data, which could shifted the major bank’s inflation and growth outlook.
Economic data didn’t do a lot to back the evergreen buck because industrial production fell short of experts’ forecasts.
Industrial output, a gauge of output at factories, utilizes, and mines, tacked on by 0.1% in October, as the Fed uncovered on Friday. It went down below the 0.2% leap foreseen by financial analysts.
A rebound in the UK currency following its worst dive of 2018 also kept a lid on the evergreen buck because investors were relieved that no extra politicians had resigned from British Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet because she’s ready to sell her deal to parliament and could experience another leadership challenge.
The currency pair GBP/USD surged by 0.45% being worth $1.2832. As for EUR/USD, it rallied by 0.72% trading at $1.1410.
The currency pair USD/JPY dived by 0.74% reaching Y112.81.
Last week, there were sharp swings in USDJPY, a decline in oil prices, and a surge in Tesla stock. What's next?
Geopolitical factors and inflation remain the main drivers of financial markets. Let’s see how to use that in trading!
Have a look at the key financial instruments on Monday, February 28. Geopolitics is currently on all news frontlines. Western nations escalated sanctions on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis will publish Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) on May 27 at 15:30 GMT+3.
The United States will publish the Preliminary GDP on Thursday, May 26, at 15:30 GMT+3.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will publish a monetary policy report and make an update on the interest rate on May 25, at 05:00 GMT+3.
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