Tezos price could take a key turn lower today after the bullish print on Wednesday. XTZ price is at the mercy of global markets which are rolling over on Thursday. Tezos price action has witnessed some gains evaporating in late hours trading on Wednesday after the Fed minutes were released. …
Read More »US crude refineries aim to run full capacity in Q3
US crude oil refineries plan to keep running near “Full Capacity’’ this quarter, according to executive directors and market estimates, as refiners broadly decide to put aside worries about recession and sliding retail prices to deliver more fuel.The operating levels will keep US gasoline prices below spring highs while providing …
Read More »Fed’s Bullard Favours 0.75 Percentage Point Rate Hike In September
St. Louis Fed Governor, James Bullard said, on Thursday, that he is not prepared to assume that inflation surge has peaked in the United States.Markets have generally surged as investors price in a soft landing for the US economy and the end of peak inflation. But once the US dollar …
Read More »Turkish Interest-Rate Cut Quakes Investors
The Turkish lira fell Thursday, after a surprise interest-rate cut has been decided by the country’s central bank. Similarly; Turkey’s bonds were subject to broad selloff, and investors now react by moving price in a higher risk of sovereign default, after the country’s central bank unexpectedly had decided cut interest …
Read More »EUR/USD Retreats To Three-week Lows On Stronger Dollar
The EUR/USD pair is under pressure. The EUR/USD pair sharply dropped during the US session and is obviously facing increasing bearish pressure near a critical support at 1.0110. A break below 1.0100 would bring about parity.On Thursday, the pair touched the 1.0107 level which is, in fact, the lowest level …
Read More »FOMC minutes weigh on risk appetite
Emerging market stocks and currencies fell on Thursday on the signals by Wednesday’s FOMC Minutes. The minutes obviously signaled further US interest rate hikes. MSCI’s index of emerging market stocks retreated 0.6%, set for their worst session in two weeks, while its currencies counterpart MIEM00000CUS was on course for its …
Read More »OPEC’s Top Official: Relatively optimistic on oil outlook for 2023
OPEC’s new secretary general Haitham al-Ghais said on Thursday that he was relatively optimistic on the oil market outlook for 2023 and added that the world was dealing with economic pressures of inflation in a very good way.“I want to be very clear about it – we could cut production …
Read More »US Existing Home Sales Decline In July
This morning’s release of the July Existing-Home Sales has showed that sales fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million units from the previous month’s 5.11 million. Expectations mentioned 4.89 million. The latest number represents a 5.9% decrease from the previous month and a 20.2% decrease YoY.The National …
Read More »The dollar maintains its gains as Fed continues its battle with inflation
The dollar touched its highest level in three weeks on Thursday after the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s meeting for the month of July, which indicated the continuation of raising US interest rates for a longer period to reduce inflation. The dollar’s rally caused sterling to briefly …
Read More »Turkey’s central bank cuts interest rate to 13%
Contrary to expectations, the Turkish Central Bank decided on Thursday, August 18, to cut the interest rate on the lira during the week (Repo) to 13% from 14%, even though the inflation rate in the country is close to 80%. Over the past seven months, the Turkish Central Bank has …
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