The Australian Dollar made a 2-year low against the US Dollar in May as global central banks jockeyed for position in the fight on inflation. Going into the third quarter, the latest year-on-year headline CPI for the US is 8.6% and 5.1% for Australia. The weekly AUD/USD price is on ranging near and around 200 SMA for the waiting for the direction of the bullish trend to be resumed (by crossing Fibo level at 0.7211 to above) or the primary bearish ...
The Australian Dollar got an initial kick from an RBA rate lift-off, but the Fed outdid them and the US Dollar soared. Will AUD/USD make new lows? Daily price broke Ichioku cloud and 200 SMA/UniStepEMA for the primary bearish reversal: the price is ranging within 0.7029/0.7265 support/resistance levels waiting for direction. more...
The US Dollar (via the DXY Index) closed last week at its highest level in two years, and a lot of that has to do with the Federal Reserve. more...
The Bank of England (BoE) is expected to raise UK interest rates further in the second quarter of 2022 as the UK central bank tries to stem soaring prices pressures. The BoE has already lifted the Bank Rate to 0.75% from 0.1% in late 2021 and money markets are currently pricing in 125 basis points of additional rate hikes this year. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) inflation release showed headline inflation hitting 6.2% in February, a fresh 30-year high, while core inflation rose ...
Gold prices charged higher for a second week as US CPI headlines charged the yellow metal’s inflation hedging appeal. However, the good times may not last. While inflation is at more than 40-year highs, forward expectations are beginning to ease. The daily chart is located above 200 SMA in the bullish market condition by crossing 1,981 bullish triangle pattern to above for the primary bullish trend to be continuing. more...