Data revealed that new car registrations in Europe decreased in July and August, but not at the same level as the previous months, indicating a slow recovery in the European auto sector, which was severely affected by the Corona pandemic. In July, new car registrations dropped by 3.7% year-on-year to …
Read More »Gold Falls on Strong US Dollar After Fed Forecast
Gold prices fell Thursday, September 17th, as the dollar rose after the US Federal Reserve painted a positive picture of the economic recovery, but declined to provide concrete indications of further stimulus. By 05:24 GMT, spot gold fell 0.8% to $ 1943.70 an ounce, while US gold futures fell 1% …
Read More »Oil is Falling as Demand Concerns Re-Emerge
Oil prices fell Thursday, September 17th, after rising strongly in the previous two sessions as concerns about weak demand re-emerged as producers in the Gulf of Mexico prepare to resume production after Hurricane Sally. Brent crude futures fell 67 cents, or 1.6%, to $ 41.55 a barrel by 06:28 GMT, …
Read More »Japan Stocks Dropping as Yen Rises on US Headlines
Japanese stocks fell Thursday, September 17th, driven by the decline of export companies after the US Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates near zero until at least 2023, pushing the yen to its highest level in seven weeks against the dollar. The Nikkei index fell 0.67% to 23,319.37 points, …
Read More »New Zealand GDP Beats Estimate
New Zealand’s gross domestic product fell a seasonally adjusted 12.2% in Q2, data showed on Thursday GDP prod based (QoQ) sa (q2): -12.2% (est -12.8%, prev -1.6%). GDP prod based (YoY) sa (q2): -12.4% (est -13.3%, prev -0.2%). Annual average prod-based GDP -2.0% in Q2 vs year ago (Reuters poll …
Read More »PBOC Sets Yuan Reference Rate at 6.7825
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has set the yuan reference rate at 6.7675 on Thursday, having raised the mid-point rate by 397 basis points to 6.7825 on Wednesday.
Read More »FX Option Expiries For Sept 17 NY Cut
FX option expiries for Sept 17 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below. – EUR/USD: EUR amounts 1.1700 501m1.1775 530m1.1800 943m1.1850 1.2bn1.1875 1.0bn – USD/JPY: USD amounts 104.25 393m105.00 1.9bn105.10 512m105.25 355m105.40 856m105.48 800m105.50 506m105.53 400m105.55 522m106.00 2.0bn – AUD/USD: AUD amounts 0.7235 688m – USD/CAD: USD amounts …
Read More »Turkish Lira Hits New Record Low Against US Dollar
The Turkish lira weakened to a record low against the dollar on Wednesday as concerns about the economic outlook continue, while investors await the decision of the Fed. The Turkish currency touched record low 7.5020 and beyond this week, as Moody’s downgrade of Turkey’s credit rating to “B2” from “B1”. …
Read More »Canada’s CPI Stays Unchanged at 0.1%
Inflation in Canada, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), stayed unchanged at 0.1% on a yearly basis in August, the data published by Statistics Canada revealed on Wednesday. This reading came in lower than the market expectation of 0.4%. On a monthly basis, the CPI dropped to -0.1% …
Read More »US Retail Sales in August Increase by 0.6%, 1% Expected
Retail Sales in the United States rose by 0.6% on a monthly basis in August to $537.5, the data published by the US Census Bureau revealed on Wednesday. This reading followed July’s increase of 0.9% (revised from 1.2%) and missed the market expectation of 1%.
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