investingLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: Awaiting the RBA, expected to hike by 25bp
Bank of Canada’s Macklem backs Fed independence ahead of Powell departureRBA set to hike to 4.35% today. NAB se ...
Bank of Canada’s Macklem backs Fed independence ahead of Powell departure
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem told parliament he expects the Federal Reserve’s culture and conduct to co ...
RBA set to hike to 4.35% today. NAB sees cash rate peaking near 4.6%.
National Australia Bank expects the RBA to hike 25bp to 4.35% on Tuesday, with updated forecasts likely to show a ter ...
Rabobank holds yen bull view despite poor run, eyes Hormuz as key risk
Rabobank is maintaining its forecast for USDJPY to end the year at lower levels, citing Japan’s structural shif ...
Australian data: March household spending +1.6% m/m (prior +0.3%)
Australian data, March 2026 household spending +1.6% m/m (prior +0.3%)+0.7% q/q+6.3% y/y (prior +4.3%)Still to come, ...
Iran launches boats, missiles and drones at US warships in Hormuz confrontation
The USS Truxtun and USS Mason transited the Strait of Hormuz under a sustained Iranian barrage of small boats, missil ...
Chevron chief compares Hormuz crisis to 1970s oil shocks as shortages loom
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth warned Monday that physical oil shortages will begin appearing globally due to the Strait of H ...
S&P 500 target of 7,600 reaffirmed as Goldman warns on inflation and rate cut constraints
Goldman Sachs strategist Tony Pasquariello says the US equity bull market primary trend remains higher but flags ener ...
Trump tariff refunds to begin May 12 as CBP processes $166bn in claims
US Customs and Border Protection says the first electronic refunds from tariffs ruled illegal by the Supreme Court wi ...
US edges closer to resuming Iran combat as ceasefire holds by a thread
The US is closer to resuming major combat operations against Iran than it was 24 hours ago after Iranian forces fired ...
Australia April Services PMI (final) 50.7 (preliminary 50.3, prior 46.3)
Australia’s services PMI rose to 50.7 in April from 46.3 in March, but new orders fell for a second month and i ...
ECB forecasters slash growth and raise inflation outlook as energy shock bites
ECB professional forecasters have raised eurozone inflation expectations to 2.7% for 2026 while cutting growth foreca ...