More on Westpac forecasting an RBA cash rate hike in early 2023 0 (0)

Justin had the headlines on this on Friday: 
We expect the RBA will begin it’s tightening cycle in Q1 of 2023
You’ll recall that the Reserve Bank of Australia have been repeating (over and over) that they expect the conditions for a first rate hike will not be met until 2024 at the earliest. 

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ForexLive Americas FX news wrap: Bullard continues the hawkish talk 0 (0)

Forex news for North American trading on June 18, 2021:
Markets:
– Gold down $9 to $1764
– US 10-year yields down 6.4 bps to 1.436%
– S&P 500 down 55 points to 4166
Bullard set the tone with some hawkish comments just as New York trade was ramping up. The led to a fresh bid in the US dollar

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WTI crude oil futures settle at $71.64 0 (0)

Up $0.60 or 0.84%
The high for the week was on Wednesday at $72.96. The low for the week was yesterday at $69.76.
Technically, in trading yesterday the price fell below its 100 hour moving average with momentum as stocks were triggered. The next two hours so the price move from around $71.60 to the low for the

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