15 min

080 – Reserve Bank of Australia surprises with 25 bps hike FXCM Market Talk Your Trading & Finance Podcast

    • Investing

Last Friday’s NFP surprised to the upside printing at 339K – 193K was expected. Fed speakers talk about a skip in rate hikes and markets have repriced around this. Saudi Arabia announced a 1 million barrels/day cut for the month of July with an option to extend. The Reserve Bank of Australia surprised markets with a 25-bps hike but Bank of Canada is still expected to hold. On Friday we get another measure of Chinese demand as it releases its CPI. These plus more in this week’s podcast.

Last Friday’s NFP surprised to the upside printing at 339K – 193K was expected. Fed speakers talk about a skip in rate hikes and markets have repriced around this. Saudi Arabia announced a 1 million barrels/day cut for the month of July with an option to extend. The Reserve Bank of Australia surprised markets with a 25-bps hike but Bank of Canada is still expected to hold. On Friday we get another measure of Chinese demand as it releases its CPI. These plus more in this week’s podcast.

15 min