{"id":10834,"date":"2024-05-28T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T06:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgecurrencies.com\/?p=10834"},"modified":"2025-02-09T00:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:28:33","slug":"ecb-interest-rates-and-australian-retail-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgecurrencies.com\/ecb-interest-rates-and-australian-retail-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"ECB Interest Rates and Australian Retail Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d06503880a0766d95ba74b98075e7d43\" style=\"font-size:0px\">ECB Interest Rates and Australian Retail Sales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"10838\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cambridgecurrencies.com\/ecb-interest-rates-and-australian-retail-sales\/market-comment-9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cambridgecurrencies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Market-Comment-9.png?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Market Comment (9)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cambridgecurrencies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Market-Comment-9.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cambridgecurrencies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Market-Comment-9.png?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cambridgecurrencies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Market-Comment-9.png?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ecb interest rates and australian retail sales\" class=\"wp-image-10838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cambridgecurrencies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Market-Comment-9.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cambridgecurrencies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Market-Comment-9.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cambridgecurrencies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Market-Comment-9.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cambridgecurrencies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Market-Comment-9.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cambridgecurrencies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Market-Comment-9.png?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ECB Interest Rates and Australian Retail Sales<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday s rumpers readines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, the USD Durable Goods Orders for April were released at 0.7%, next to the forecasted -0.8% and this, compared to the previous 0.8%, was a giant leap. The turnaround toward the positive would indicate some kind of a recovery in orders from manufacturers and, thus, a bit of resilience in the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday&#8217;s ECB View:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the UK on a bank holiday, trading was relatively quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, CB Chief Economist Phillip Lane made waves, suggesting that keeping interest rates too high for too long could push inflation below target. &#8211; hence giving backing for rate cuts to stabilize inflation &#8211; signalling possible future easing by the ECB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australian Data Tuesday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More increased risk appetite is helping the Australian Dollar inch higher. Retail Sales in Australia during the month of April expanded by 0.1%, which is a bit lower than the anticipated 0.2%, but way better than the previous month&#8217;s -0.4%. This rather small gain reflected a sort of a comeback in consumer spending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECB Interest Rates and Australian Retail Sales ECB Interest Rates and Australian Retail Sales Friday s rumpers readines: On Friday, the USD Durable Goods Orders for April were released at 0.7%, next to the forecasted -0.8% and this, compared to the previous 0.8%, was a giant leap. 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