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Nvidia Earnings Offset Fed Losses in Currency Markets

The US dollar is edging lower as risk appetite recovers from a surprisingly-hawkish set of Fed minutes. The greenback surged yesterday afternoon after a record of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting showed officials expressing doubts over whether interest rates were tight enough to bring inflation down to target, weighing on rate cut expectations across the front of the curve. According to the minutes, although policymakers generally thought the central bank was “well positioned,” there were “many” who felt “uncertainty about the degree of restrictiveness” being imposed on the economy. “Various participants mentioned a willingness to tighten policy further should risks...

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Will the AUD’s upswing continue?

• Mixed markets. US equities consolidated, while yields ticked up. The USD tread water, however the AUD outperformed with industrial metals firmer.• China measures. China announced various steps aimed at absorbing excess inventory & propping up the property market. This is a positive for the AUD.• Event radar. US Fed speakers will be in focus. CPI data out of Canada & the UK also due, as are the latest PMIs. RBNZ meets on Wednesday. Most of the major global equity markets were little changed on Friday with the US S&P500 ticking a bit higher (+0.1%) and the key European indices...

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Easing Wagers Pull Back Slightly as Wariness Returns

Not so fast. Currency markets are turning more cautious this morning as traders trim US rate-cut bets slightly from levels hit after Wednesday’s Goldilocks-esque inflation and retail sales reports. The greenback is inching up against its major counterparts, long-end Treasury yields are pushing higher, and North American equity futures are setting up for a slightly diminished open. But the dollar’s outperformance has faded in recent weeks. After a series of data releases showing labour markets slowing, consumer spending trending down, and inflation pressures subsiding, economists are revising growth projections lower. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s repeated reference to “restrictive” rate...

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China data in focus

• Partial unwind. Quieter markets overnight. US equities ease, bond yields rebounded, & the USD was a bit firmer. AUD gave back some ground.• AU jobs. Employment positive, but unemployment ticked up more than predicted. Seasonality may have been at play, as it was earlier in the year.• China data. RBA still looks set to lag its peers. Yield differentials should be AUD supportive. As would signs of improvement in China’s growth pulse. Compared to the post US CPI moves a day ago markets were a bit quieter overnight with some retracement coming through. After touching a fresh record high...

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Soft Landing Hopes Drive Dollar Lower

Global stock markets are holding near record highs, Treasury yields are lower across the curve, and the dollar is in retreat as investors bring forward expectations for policy easing from the Federal Reserve. Data out yesterday morning showed core consumer prices advanced at the slowest annual rate in three years last month, while underlying retail sales shrank, suggesting that the world’s largest economy is losing momentum in the face of still-restrictive interest rates. The core consumer price index climbed 3.6 percent in April from a year ago, marking the weakest pace since April 2021, and “control group” retail sales slumped...

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