The attention next week will switch from central banks to corporate earnings. However, more Fed officials are set to take the mic, which should give traders on both sides of the interest-rate divide something to talk about.
There’s nothing quite like grist for the mill to keep the forex market buzzing. On tap next week are Lorie Logan, Neel Kaskari, Jeffrey Schmid, Patrick Harker, Michelle Bowman and Beth Hammack.
The Bank of Canada is penciled in for an interest-rate decision. In October, Canada said the annual rate of inflation fell to 1.6% in September. It was the second consecutive month that inflation had come in below the central bank’s target of 2%. So, the BoC could cut rates by as much as 0.5%.
Malaysia will tell us how much its economy expanded by in the third quarter. In the second quarter, the economy grew 5.9% compared to 4.1% in the first three months. Third-quarter growth could moderate to 4.9%....