The RBNZ held the OCR at 2.25%, reiterated that policy will stay accommodative while inflation returns toward target, and brought forward its projections for a potential first hike, reinforcing a data-dependent, gradual normalisation path. Summary: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand held the OCR at 2.25%, reinforcing that policy remains supportive. The updated OCR track […]

Bitcoin has rejected at $70,000 multiple times, down ~28% in February. Geopolitical risk, “Clarity Act” stalls, and pressure on corporate treasuries weigh on prices. A confirmed bearish Symmetrical Triangle breakout suggests a move toward $60,000. Most Read: Gold & Precious Metals slide: Iran diplomacy and Lunar New Year drain liquidity Bitcoin continues to toil in

2026.02.17 2026.02.18 Weekly Economic Calendar for 23.02.2026–01.03.2026 Jana Kanehttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/jana-kane/ Market participants are still weighing the Fed’s policy outlook after last week’s release of the January meeting minutes and the latest US PCE data. For now, the US dollar remains under pressure. However, sentiment can shift quickly in response to new macroeconomic data, Trump’s comments, geopolitical

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Goldman raises its AUD/USD path to 0.72–0.74 over 12 months, citing RBA hawkishness, relative policy divergence and valuation support, while flagging commodity and global risk risks. Summary: Goldman Sachs lifts AUD/USD forecasts to 0.72 (3m), 0.73 (6m), 0.74 (12m). Upgrade driven by a hawkish Reserve Bank of Australia and expectation of another May hike. AUD

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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) remains on track to maintain the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 2.25% after concluding its first monetary policy meeting of this year on Wednesday. The decision to keep its benchmark rate steady would follow three consecutive cuts, signaling a pause in the current easing cycle.  The decision is

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The Scotiabank Global Equity Research team dropped a meaty note this morning breaking down six major gold bull cycles over the past 50 years, and the conclusion is pretty straightforward: this one isn’t over. Gold is sitting around $5,025/oz right now, up 209% from the October 2022 low of $1,628. That’s a heck of a

While Gold remains on top, Silver and other, more volatile and less safe-haven metals are getting rejected quite starkly. Note that Platinum seems quite resilient above $2,000, so keep an eye on this one. With positioning getting to extremes (as expressed in a recent Bank of America Survey), options amassing for $15,000 – $20,000 prices

Federal Reserve (Fed) President of the Bank of Chicago, Austan Goolsbee, said that services inflation is “not tame” and added that there are potentially several more rate cuts in 2026, in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday Key takeaways: Recent headline inflation was partly pulled down due to base effects. Services inflation is “not tame.”

Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 2.3% in January 2026, slightly lower than expected and aligned with the Bank of Canada’s forecasts. The trimmed-mean core rate, a key measure of underlying price pressures dropped to 2.4%, its lowest level since April 2021. While shelter and furniture costs cooled, food prices surged 7.3% and restaurant costs

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FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEW Gold found some support from the benign US CPI report on Friday where headline inflation eased slightly, while the core measure remained unchanged. We saw a small dovish repricing although the data didn’t change anything in the bigger picture. Yesterday, gold dropped again and eventually erased all the post-CPI gains. There was no

​​​What the latest UK labour market data shows ​The UK labour market took another step backwards in the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) release, with unemployment climbing to 5.2% in the three months to December 2025. That marks the highest reading since 2021 and continues a trend that has been building since the middle