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Overall the statement remains fairly-balanced, although it continues to appear that RBA’s confidence in the labour market is fending off a dovish stance. We still see potantial for AUD/NZD's bullish wedge to play out.

Looking ahead, the upcoming week features interest rate decisions from three major central banks (RBA, BOC, and ECB), while data highlights include UK and US services PMIs, Aussie GDP, Chinese trade figures and jobs reports from both North American nations.

Tonight, the AUD/NZD will remain in focus because we will have key jobs data from New Zealand which could move the kiwi sharply, after the Reserve Bank of Australia Governor dropped the bomb on the Aussie in a surprisingly dovish speech overnight. We think there is the potential for a sizeable move to the downside for this popular cross going forwar...

We have already had some poor data on the housing market as building approvals slumped once again, and economists are not too optimistic on retail sales with the data scheduled to be released in the early hours of Tuesday, ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s monetary meeting decision at 03:30 GMT.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will make its rate decision in the early hours of Tuesday, which makes the Aussie the main focal point during the Asian session.

After a significantly busy week, things are understandably going to be quieter next week.

This week could potentially be pivotal for AUD/USD, as the Reserve Bank of Australia and the US Federal Reserve will both be announcing key interest rate decisions – the RBA on Tuesday and the Fed on Wednesday.

The Canadian dollar has been the worst performer among the major currencies today, continuing its recent poor run of form.

The past week in the markets has been dominated by dramatic, and often incongruent, moves that have been marked by still-buoyant volatility in the aftermath of the preceding week’s wild market swings.

Early next week features some key releases from Australia, including the minutes from the last Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) monetary policy meeting in early February, and the quarterly Wage Price Index.

As the US dollar remained well-supported on Monday in the wake of last Friday’s highly positive US jobs report, and equities continued to trade under heavy pressure on rising interest rate expectations, Australian dollar traders were bracing for the potential impact of a major central bank decision and key economic data to be released on Tuesday in ...

Markets this past week were dominated largely by key central bank speakers, a pivotal OPEC agreement, another missile launch by North Korea, and a scramble by the US Senate to vote on a critical US tax reform bill. On Friday morning, however, equity markets and the dollar were suddenly rocked by reports that former US national security adviser, Mich...