What’s New with Australian Unemployment Rate?
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will announce the updated Unemployment Rate and Employment Change data on Thursday, May 19, at 04:30 MT.
Greenback soars in Asia on Fed
On Thursday, the evergreen buck soared in Asia because the major US bank took the anticipated move of paring back its balance sheet. Additionally, the bank kept its outlook for rate lifts.
The currency pair USD/JPY hit 112.41, ascending 0.16%, AUD/USD reached 0.8001, declining 0.37%. As for NZD/USD, this currency pair went down 0.41% being worth 0.7327.
Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan held policy intact exactly as anticipated, following Thursday’s conclusion of its two-day gathering, with an asset buying program stuck to the yield curve at Y80 trillion every year.
Tracking the greenback’s actual value versus a trade-weighted basket of six crucial currencies, the US dollar index inched up 0.12% being worth 92.33.
New Zealand posted that second quarter GDP bang-on with expectations ascended 0.8% on month, also demonstrating a 2.5% annual soar.
Previously the US currency was under pressure because sales of previously owned homes in America suddenly went down in August because tight supply kept weighing on housing activity.
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The US Retail Sales Update
The US Census Bureau will announce Core Retail Sales and Retail Sales on Tuesday, May 17 at 15:30 MT.
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The US Bureau of Economic Analysis will publish Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) on May 27 at 15:30 GMT+3.
The Big Release for the USD
The United States will publish the Preliminary GDP on Thursday, May 26, at 15:30 GMT+3.
Will New Zealand’s Central Bank Boost the NZD?
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.
