UK Inflation rose to highest in 40 years; Fed warns of hiking above neutral rate; Sweden and Finland submit for NATO membership.
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UK Inflation rose to the highest in 40 years at 9%, and now is the highest among G7 countries. Stagflation – high inflation and slow growth – adds downside to sterling, GBPUSD trades 0.6% lower intraday. April’s inflation jumped primarily driven by the new household energy cap.
Kwasi Kwarteng, Business secretary, has urged fuel retailers to offer fair pricing to drivers. This comes as government stimulus to ease energy costs has failed to reach consumers.
EURThe Czech Republic has insisted that their primary issue will be Ukraine’s application to the EU, when they take over the EU presidency. Meanwhile, the EU has debated joint-debt agreements, and using frozen assets from sanctioned individuals to rebuild Ukraine post-war.
EURUSD trades lower -0.3% intraday
USDFed warns of aggressive hiking path, saying that the central bank could raise rates above the neutral rate. This could come at a cost to the economy, vowing to push until inflation falls. The dollar has climbed of the back of an increasingly hawkish fed, trading 0.2% higher. This was echoed by Chicago Fed chief, stating that front-loading hikes was necessary.
Sweden and Finland are set to submit NATO applications today, Putin stated that there would be no action for joining NATO, however, a military build-up in these countries would be met with retaliation.
US equities rallied yesterday, with the NASDAQ up 2.02%.
ASIA/PACIFICThe race of Australia’s premiership heats up this week, ahead of Saturday’s election. The countries stance on China is top of the agenda.
Japan’s economy contracted by 1% in the first quarter of 2022. It was above consensus of a 1.8%, but not enough for the Bank of Japan to normalise policy.
ILSUSDILS slipped this week from 3.42 down to 3.34. Positive news from covid-stricken China has spurred a flow out of the safe-haven dollar.Data & EventsG-7 meeting
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