Investor focus remains on US data and Trump

Markets Japanese inflation numbers for January this morning kicked off a moderately interesting eco calendar for today. A higher-than-expected outcome combined with base effects ready to push up the February reading rekindled expectations for the BoJ to ditch its negative policy rate and/or YCC programme as soon as March but more likely April. Japan’s 2-y […]

The euro is showing little movement on Wednesday. In the European session, EUR/USD is trading at 1.0777, up 0.05%. Eurozone inflation ticks lower Inflation in the eurozone continues to decline. March CPI eased to 2.4% y/y, down from 2.6% in February and below of the market estimate of 2.6%. This matched November’s 28-month low and […]

This week was dominated by events in the US. The FOMC kept policy rate unchanged at its Wednesday meeting as widely expected. The median of the updated dot plot now signals only one cut for this year, but it remains a close call. While four members expect no cuts, seven members lean towards one cut, […]