Can the UK CPI surprise?
The UK Office for National Statistics will publish Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on Wednesday, May 18, at 09:00 MT.
Kiwi goes up on trade figures
On Friday, the New Zealand dollar managed to inch up during early Asia, with crucial data from Japan ahead expected to determine the overall regional tone.
Estimating the American dollar’s strength versus six main currencies, the US dollar index leapt 0.17%, being worth 99.02.
In March, the trade balance deficit in New Zealand came in bang-on hopes for Z$3.67 billion year-on-year.
The currency pair NZD/USD ascended 0.12%, being worth 0.6882, following the figures.
As Japan reports, the country’s household spending are noticed down 0.8% in March month-on-month ahead in a busy data day. Additionally, in March national core CPI grew 0.3% year-on-year. As for March unemployment, it’s expected to hit 2.9% from 2.8%. Besides this, in the same month provisional industrial production sagged 0.8% month-on-month, retail sales soared 1.5% year-on-year.
The currency pair USD/JPY demonstrated the outcome 111.26, while AUD/USD got to 0.7467, going up 0.03%.
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