The 'Market Insights' podcast

Join MarketPulse analysts as they review the latest market news and moves. They'll give you up-to-the-minute analysis on forex, commodities and indices from around the world, as well as key events that could impact your trading and investment portfolio. To stay ahead, listen now.

Recent podcast episodes

Podcast - ECB's upcoming rate pause, AU and US inflation data to monitor
OANDA Senior Market Analyst Kelvin Wong joins Jonny Hart to discuss several key highlights and events for this week; ECB monetary policy meeting (consensus is expecting a pause on interest rates in the Eurozone after ten consecutive rate hikes), Australia's Q3/monthly (Sep) inflation data, and US PCE inflation data (Sep). https://open.spotify.com/episode/3U27ENSLyHyLSVjYD6Vntn
Oct 24, 2023 by Kelvin Wong
Podcast - Gold may continue its upside momentum with China's Q3 GDP and UK inflation on the radar next
OANDA Senior Market Analyst Kelvin Wong joins Jonny Hart to discuss several key highlights for the week ahead, potential firmer gold and oil prices due to lingering geopolitical risk premium, key China economic data (Q3 GDP, Retail Sales & Industrial Production) as well as UK's inflation data for September where the consensus is expecting another month of slowdown to 6% y/y for core inflation from 6.2% y/y in August. https://open.spotify.com/episode/25ibbNurKomUjUhujYrn2K
Oct 17, 2023 by Kelvin Wong
Podcast - Oil prices may tick higher due to geopolitical tension in the Middle East after the shock attack on Israel and US CPI looms
OANDA Senior Market Analyst Kelvin Wong joins Jonny Hart to discuss the surprise attack on Israel over the weekend, geopolitical risk that may see an uptick, and its ramifications on higher oil prices due to a possibility of supply disruptions that are likely to revive the stagflation narrative, and key US CPI data out on this Friday, one of the decision factors for Fed officials to determine whether to implement one last hike on its current interest rate hiking cycle.
Oct 10, 2023 by Kelvin Wong
Podcast - USD/JPY relentless rally with RBA interest rate decision and US NFP on the radar next
OANDA Senior Market Analyst Kelvin Wong joins Jonny Hart to discuss the persistent upward movement of USD/JPY despite verbal intervention from Japanese officials to "talk down" the strength of the US dollar and uncover the factors that are supporting the current short-term uptrend of the USD/JPY. In addition, a discussion on the key US  jobs market data (non-farm payrolls) out on this Friday, and its possible impact on the US stock market. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1OxAXlV8rvU3SmiftIZT2p
Oct 03, 2023 by Kelvin Wong
Week Ahead - US government shutdown, RBA and RBNZ rate decisions, weekend data
This will be a busy week in the US with a looming government shutdown, an expanding UAW strike, a lot of Fed speak, and an NFP report that could show hiring fell to the lowest levels since early 2021.  The September jobs report is expected to show hiring slowed from a 187,000 pace to 170,000.  Despite the loosening of the labor market, the unemployment rate is expected to tick lower to 3.7%, and wage pressures are expected to increase on a monthly basis from 0.2% to a 0.3% pace.
Sep 29, 2023 by Craig Erlam
Podcast - China Evergrande liquidation risk spooked Asian equities and US PCE inflation data on the radar next
OANDA Senior Market Analyst Kelvin Wong joins Jonny Hart to discuss the fallout seen in Asian benchmark stock indices triggered by another round of liquid crunch being spiraled into China's property market. This latest round of negative feedback loop has been reinforced by China Evergrande's liquid risk as a key meeting with creditors to discuss its overdue bond payments restructuring plan has been scrapped by the company without clear explanations.
Sep 26, 2023 by Kelvin Wong
Week Ahead - US and eurozone inflation, Fed speak, Bank of Japan minutes
It will be a busy week filled with a wide range of economic releases, with the focus falling on the consumer and the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge.  August personal income is expected to rise given the strong labor market while spending cooled given the end of summer vacations.  The bond market will pay extremely close attention to the next round of inflation readings.
Sep 22, 2023 by Craig Erlam
Podcast - Global stock markets are off to a shaky start ahead of the Fed's FOMC and "dot plot"
OANDA Senior Market Analyst Kelvin Wong joins Jonny Hart to discuss a pivotal week of major central banks' monetary policy decisions from the US Fed, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. Challenging moments for several central bankers as they tried to combat elevated inflation from reemerging due to rapidly rising oil prices in the past two months albeit a potentially weaker demand environment in 2024 due to lag effects from higher interest rates in terms of levels and the speed of prior hikes.
Sep 19, 2023 by Kelvin Wong
Podcast - China's deflationary pressure eases, further cooling expectations on US inflation may be derailed by rising oil prices
OANDA Senior Market Analyst Kelvin Wong joins Jonny Hart to discuss the latest China's consumer inflation and factory gate prices for August that have shown signs of easing deflationary pressures as well as the latest indirect monetary policy stimulus where China's financial regulator has allowed more leeway for Chinese insurance firms to invest their surplus cash into the China stock market.  Upcoming ECB's monetary policy decision and US CPI prints for August where higher oil prices in the pas
Sep 12, 2023 by Kelvin Wong
Podcast - China's yuan is not showing much optimism despite positive performances in Chinese equities and RBA looms
OANDA Senior Market Analyst Kelvin Wong joins Jonny Hart to discuss the current rebound seen in China's stock market and its proxies, Hong Kong's Hang Seng benchmark stock indices triggered by last Friday's positive news flow on indebted Country Garden, a major Chinese property developer that managed to negotiate with its creditors an extension for its onshore bond payments due this week. In addition, key technical levels to watch on the AUD/USD ahead of  RBA's monetary policy meeting. https://
Sep 04, 2023 by Kelvin Wong
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