RBA & RBNZ meet next week

Next week we have the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand meetings. The go-to currency pair for trading any divergence between the RBA and the…

March central bank overview

Major central bank rundown It’s time for your central bank catch up. The link to the latest statement is at the bottom of each section, so just click there to…

RBA: Past peak inflation?

The RBA thinks it has reached peak inflation and is citing monthly CPI data suggesting that inflation has peaked. Remember going into the meeting we pointed out that the headline…

RBA meets next week

The Reserve Bank of Australia meets this week and there is nearly universal support for a 25 bps rate hike. The Short Term Interest Rate Markets are projecting an 82%…

RBNZ takes a hawkish line

In the last RBNZ meeting on February 22 markets were expecting a 50 bps rate hike. The surge in inflation had shown some signs of topping with January’s print coming…

RBNZ rate decision next week

On February 22 at 01:00 GMT, the RBNZ will announce its interest rate decision. At the last meeting, the RBNZ took a very hawkish tone as it recognised that annual…