Gold Ten Data Compilation: Daily Global Foreign Exchange Market News Highlights (2026-04-01)

USD:
1. U.S. President Trump: The Federal Reserve Chair Powell must resign as soon as possible.
2. Fed's Schmidt: Do not underestimate the risks faced by inflation expectations.
3. Goldman Sachs: The likelihood of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates this year remains low; the Fed typically does not tighten policy solely in response to oil shocks.
Euro:
1. ECB Governing Council Member Müller: A rate hike in April is not out of the question.
2. ECB's Wuijic: Rising inflation expectations are within expectations.
3. ECB Governing Council Member Radev: The European Central Bank has not pre-committed to a specific future interest rate path.
4. The market has lowered expectations for the ECB's rate hike magnitude; currently, a total increase of 57 basis points is expected by the end of December, equivalent to two hikes, with only a 30% chance of a third hike.
GBP:
1. UK Government: Will raise the national minimum wage to £10.85 per hour.
2. The market has reduced bets on a rate hike by the Bank of England; pricing indicates an expected increase of 45 basis points this year.
Others:
1. Turkey restarts foreign exchange swaps to stabilize exchange rates and liquidity.
2. China's central bank net withdrew 78 billion yuan through reverse repo operations on the same day.
3. Canada's economy grew modestly in January; Q1 growth is expected to exceed expectations.
4. MSCI reclassified Greece from emerging markets to developed markets.
5. Swedish Central Bank Vice Governor Jansson: Overall, maintaining the policy rate and rate path unchanged is reasonable.
6. Colombia's central bank raised the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 11.25%, with majority support from seven members.
7. Reuters survey: The Russian central bank is expected to cut its key rate from the current 15% to 14.5% in April 2026.
(From Gold Ten Data App)