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Volatility has soared after key US inflation data and following Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech. Fed Chair keeps hawkish tone and stance, reiterating that high interest rates will persist for some time in the battle against hot inflation.At the time of writing, gold even trades between $1739.90 and $1741.10. Gold …

Stocks fell after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Fed will continue to raise rates to fight inflation in his Jackson Hole speech while The Fed’s favourite inflation measure shows prices have eased in July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 302 points, or 0.91%. The S&P 500 fell 1.11% …

As measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index, Inflation in the US declined to 6.3% in July from 6.8% in June, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Friday. This reading came in much lower than the market expectation of 7.4%. The Core PCE Price Index, which …

Royal Mail has said it is relying on a skeleton staff to deliver only “essential items” after 115,000 postal workers went on strike in year’s biggest industrial action so far. The 500-year-old postal service’s employees are striking on Friday, Wednesday next week and 8 and 9 September in a dispute …

The dollar held near two-decade highs against other major currencies on Friday ahead of a widely anticipated speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at a Jackson Hole symposium. Traders are awaiting indications about the Fed’s monetary tightening plans to curb inflation when Powell speaks at 1400 GMT. The dollar …

European shares rose on Friday as Wall Street’s rally, supported by technology companies overnight, lifted its European peers, but the sentiment was affected by concerns about the pace of interest rate hikes and rising energy costs. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.4%, and is heading to end the week …

Gold prices stabilized on Friday despite the precious metal’s trend for a weekly gain, with investors focused largely on the Jackson Hole seminar for clues about the US Federal Reserve’s policy to curb inflation. Spot gold consolidated at $1,757.99 an ounce at 0624 GMT, but rose 0.6 percent so far …

Japanese shares closed slightly higher on Friday, after giving up some of their early gains, as investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to look for any clues on the pace of US monetary tightening. The Nikkei index closed up by 0.57 percent at 28,641.38 points, after …

Oil, Crude, trading

The Canadian dollar provided mixed trading yesterday, approaching a few points from the target published during the previous analysis at 1.2880, recording its lowest price at 1.2895. Technically, we find that the pair returned to the bullish rebound, benefiting from the pivot on the solid support floor of 1.2880. We …