The dollar hit a four-month high on Wednesday, March 24, as concerns about a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe, the prospect of a tax hike in the United States, and mounting tension between the West and China weighed on risk appetite. The dollar index rose to a …
Read More »The Eurozone Economy Returns to Growth in March With Factory Activity
A preliminary survey showed a sudden return to economic activity in the euro area to grow this month, as factories increased their production to the fastest pace in more than 23 years, offsetting a continuing slowdown in the region’s dominant service sector. But the final reading of the survey and …
Read More »Germany Approves an Additional Budget That Includes a New Record Borrowing
An official said that the government of German Chancellor Angela Merkel approved a debt-financed supplementary budget of 60 billion euros, 71 billion dollars, which raises the new borrowing to a record level exceeding 240 billion euros this year. The revised budget highlights Berlin’s willingness to continue huge borrowing-financed spending during …
Read More »Oil Prices Rebound by About 3% After a Container Ship Stranded in The Egyptian Suez Canal
Oil prices rose in today’s trading by about 3% after a container ship ran aground in the Egyptian Suez Canal and other ships accumulated inside the canal. Brent crude prices rose by about 3% to $62.7 a barrel, and Texas crude prices rose by more than 3% to about $59 …
Read More »UK Preliminary Manufacturing PMI Beats Estimates in March
The UK manufacturing and services sector activities continue to improve in March, the preliminary report from IHS Markit showed this Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted IHS Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) jumped to 40-month highs of 57.9 in March versus 55.0 expected and 55.1 – February’s final reading.
Read More »Britain’s Inflation Fell Unexpectedly to 0.4% in February
Official figures showed that UK consumer price inflation fell to 0.4% in February from 0.7% in January, reflecting unusual patterns of discounts on clothing. This came against expectations in a Reuters poll for a rise to 0.8%.
Read More »Gold Rises as US Bond Yields Drop Despite The Dollar’s Rise
Gold prices rose on Wednesday, March 24th, as US Treasury yields stabilized near their lowest level in a week, while the metal ignored the dollar’s rise in the wake of the US Federal Reserve’s assertion that the inflation rate will not get out of control. Gold rose in the spot …
Read More »The Turkish Lira Rises by More Than 1% And Compensates For Some of Its Losses
The Turkish lira rose more than 1% on Wednesday, March 24, to offset some of the losses it incurred after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s surprise decision at the weekend to change the central bank governor to the last opponent of tightening fiscal policy. The lira reached 7.8650 dollars against the …
Read More »Elon Musk Announces on Twitter That it is Possible to Purchase Tesla Cars Using Bitcoin
Elon Musk announced, through his Twitter account, that his company accepted Bitcoin in exchange for buying cars produced by the company, which led to a rise in Bitcoin prices by more than 3%. The CEO of Tesla added that the Bitcoin purchase will be available to customers from outside America …
Read More »German DAX Starts on Negative Side
The current movements of the German DAX index are witnessing a bearish bias, after finding a strong resistance level around 14,720. On the technical side, we are biased towards the negativity relying on the obvious negative crossover signals on Stochastic. Therefore, we target 14,530/14,520, and then 14,430 next stop. The …
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