Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: Canada rate cut hopes dwindle after hotter core CPI ...Middle East

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Canada April CPI +1.7% y/y vs +1.6% expectedEurozone May flash consumer confidence -15.2 vs -16.0 expectedFed's Musalem: Hearing that businesses and households are holding back from decisionsFed's Bostic: More busiinesses say they can no longer delay tariff price hikes or job cutsFed's Musalem: Monetary policy currently is well positionedKazakhstan has boosted oil output so far this year in defiance of OPECCanadian house prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in AprilThe PBoC reiterates implementation of loose monetary policy

WTI crude oil down 7-cents to $62.56US 10-year yields up 1 bps to 4.49%Gold up $65 to $3293S&P 500 down 0.4%CHF leads, AUD lags

The blowout in Japanese bonds and the RBA rate cut teed up a lively session for North American traders. Early on, we saw CAD jump as core CPI numbers were hotter than expected. That led to BOC June rate cut odds falling to 35% from 65% and USD/CAD to fall 34 pips to 1.3914, edging below a series of lows this week.

AUD/USD was pressured after the RBA cut and said it considered a 50 bps cut but after some heavy selling in Asia and early Europe the Aussie found a bottom and bounced by 30 pips as the US dollar sagged broadly.

Newsflow was light but the bond market may have seen some selling after Trump leaned on Congressional Republicans to pass the tax cut bill without any fresh cost cuts. The House is expected to vote in the week ahead.

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

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