Submitted Jan 6, 2025|From orbex.com

The consensus is that EuroStat will report that inflation increased in the Euro Area during December when it releases its preliminary data on Tuesday. But, the consensus is also that the ECB is inclined to keep easing, potentially even more ...

Submitted Dec 11, 2024|From orbex.com

Both the markets and economists are universal in their agreement that the European Central Bank (ECB) will cut rates. But there seems to be an open debate among ECB officials themselves over how much it should be. In either case, the market is ...

Submitted Dec 3, 2024|From orbex.com

The Crude prices have been somewhat range bound over the last month or a little bit less. Brent hasn’t gone below $70/bbl, but also been unable to return to its pre-election levels. Markets are clearly taking some time to digest the implications of ...

Submitted Oct 4, 2024|From orbex.com

The economies of the UK and the Euro Area have taken diverging paths since the start of the year, allowing the GBPEUR to continue to appreciate. The latest leading indicators suggest the divide has deepened, and this has given the GBPEUR pair a new ...

Submitted Oct 2, 2024|From orbex.com

China is on a week-long national holiday, but the events going on are of such significance that they are still affecting the market. Analysts are hotly debating the implications for the markets. Which by extension means that Forex could be affected ...

Submitted Sep 30, 2024|From orbex.com

Traders in Japan’s currency had a bit of shock around the weekend as the currency first weakened over 200 pips against the dollar. Then the USD/JPY crashed down nearly 500 pips, and is back to mid-September lows. This naturally opens the question of ...

Submitted Sep 23, 2024|From orbex.com|1 comment

The Reserve Bank of Australia is near universally expected to keep rates on hold at the conclusion of its policy meeting on Tuesday. Given the movement in the data recently, there will be a lot of focus on what it signals is coming at the October ...

Submitted Aug 16, 2024|From orbex.com

Traders in Japan reached an important milestone on Friday: The benchmark Nikkei 225 recovered the entirety of the losses from August 5’s “Black Monday”. The carry trade situation appears to have stabilized, with institutional investors going back to ...

Submitted Aug 5, 2024|From orbex.com

Economists and analysts are pretty much in unison in expecting that the RBA rate will keep steady at the conclusion of its August meeting tomorrow. The main issue for how the Aussie reacts, however, is what is forecast to happen beyond that. Until ...

Submitted Jul 26, 2024|From orbex.com

There have been some major shake ups in the US election over the last couple of weeks, and they haven’t gone unnoticed by the markets. The major news events are seen having an effect on equities, commodities and even the dollar. This has led to the ...

Submitted Jul 18, 2024|From orbex.com

Japanese financial officials have finally stepped in (again) to stop the runaway weakness in the yen. But the timing and amounts involved open up some questions. Particularly ahead of key economic data that would be pivotal for the trajectory of the ...

Submitted Jul 17, 2024|From orbex.com

The Japanese Yen has witnessed a significant decline to its lowest levels in decades against major currencies, drawing attention to the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to see if it can rescue the struggling currency. As the USD/JPY pair reached historical ...

Submitted Jul 10, 2024|From orbex.com

So far, the pound has been one of the winners of the General Election. Cable has generally been higher over the course of the campaign, as polls showed who would win by a wide margin. And, unlike in France, the polls ended up being largely accurate, ...

Submitted Jul 4, 2024|From orbex.com

What Impact with the UK Election Have on Cable? Britons are headed to the polls today, and are widely expected to vote for a new Prime Minister. The shift in parties in control of the government often has implications for fiscal and monetary policy, ...

Submitted Jun 28, 2024|From orbex.com

We’re heading into a weekend that could be a bit fraught for the Euro, as French voters head to the polls. The shared currency has been underperforming since earlier this month when French President Emmanuel Macron announced snap elections in the ...

Submitted Jun 19, 2024|From orbex.com

There is a lot of expectation around tomorrow’s Swiss National Bank (SNB) meeting, and either outcome could jolt the Swissie. A lot has happened since the last time the bank has met, or at least traders are behaving like they think so. Which has ...

Submitted Jun 7, 2024|From orbex.com|1 comment

Gold trending higher through the week, largely driven by weaker US Treasury yields. As it approached a two-week high, it was short of the May 10 record. But the positive performance has opened the question of whether the yellow metal can hit new ...

Submitted Jun 6, 2024|From orbex.com

Analysts are expecting May NFP to come in softer once again. After months of underestimating the job creation potential of America, the miss last time around seems to have restored analysts’ confidence in providing a downbeat forecast. But by ...

Submitted Jun 3, 2024|From orbex.com

There are several major events this week on the economic calendar that could capture all the headlines. So, let’s have a look at some important data releases that could go under the radar, and shape the evolution of forex in the coming months. Trade ...

Submitted May 30, 2024|From orbex.com

Tomorrow could be the biggest data day for forex markets, as we await the key data release from the US for the week. That’s because we’ll see the release of the US PCE Price Index, the Fed’s preferred measure for inflation. The market typically is ...