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Australia’s top central banker on Tuesday flagged a lot more policy tightening in the upcoming months as rates are seen as still “very low” and it was important that higher inflation did not feed into public expectations and wage claims”.The Reserve Bank of Australia moves to implement what it describes …

The AUD/USD begins the week on the right foot, with 0.25% gains. The positive market sentiment due to China’s covid-linked news and the US weighing lifting restrictions on China’s increased appetite for riskier assets.Amid this positive sentiment, US equity futures closed earlier due to a holiday. That, alongside China’s Covid-19 …

US President Biden is using key political capital by meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in an attempt to convince the Kingdom to stabilize global oil markets and ease prices for Americans at the gas pump. Saudi Arabia’s position as the world’s second largest oil producer and unofficial …

The Swiss franc is registering modest gains of 0.20%, as reflected by the falling of the USD/CHF pair. The pair is retracing from the 50-day moving average and last Friday’s high at 0.9708, down towards the 0.9670s, courtesy of a risk-on impulse as shown by European equities closing in the …

“The Fed still has to follow through to ratify the forward guidance previously given but the effects on the economy and on inflation are already taking hold,” St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said on Monday.Bullard repeated that the US labour market remains robust and added that the …

European Central bank President Christine Lagarde reaffirmed on Monday plans to raise the ECB’s interest rates twice this summer while fighting widening spreads in the borrowing costs of different Eurozone countries.“These decisions underpin our previous commitments to adjust all of our instruments within our mandate, incorporating flexibility if warranted, to …

Interviewed by Dubai TV, Mohammed Hashad, Head of Research and Development at Noor Capital and member of the American Society of Technical Analysts, shed light and commented on the developments in financial markets, most notably on crypto crash and Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s upcoming testimony before the Congress.European Equities: Asked, …

Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on Monday that her views on the BOE’s rate outlook were not about defending the British pound.“There is an important difference of view on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on the resilience of UK consumption,” Mann added. “Since the May MPC meeting, I …

Oil prices stabilized on Monday, after struggling to recoup last week’s losses, as the market worked to balance tight supplies and fears of slowing global economic growth. Brent crude futures were down 38 cents, or 0.3 percent, at $112.74 a barrel. Brent prices fell 7.3% last week, the first weekly …

Citing monthly export data for the Joint Data Initiative “JODI”, the International Energy Forum said that Saudi Arabia’s crude exports in April rose to 7.38 million barrels per day from 7.235 million barrels per day in March. The forum indicated that the data highlights that global oil demand fell on …