A noticeable surge for the EUR/USD pair at the end of last week’s trading within the expected bullish context in the previous analysis, approaching by a few points at the first required target at the price of 0.9900, recording its highest level at 0.9890. On the technical side today, we …

The German parliament on Friday approved the government’s 200 billion euro ($195 billion) rescue package to protect businesses and households from rising energy prices. Parliament also voted earlier to suspend the so-called “debt brake” in the country.

The data published by Statistics Canada revealed on Friday that Retail Sales grew by 0.7% on a monthly basis in August following June’s sharp contraction of 2.5%. This reading came in better than consensus estimates pointing to a modest rise of 0.4%. The USD/CAD pair, meanwhile, moves little following the …

Renault announced Friday, October 21, that its sales rose to 9.8 billion euros ($9.57 billion) in the third quarter, in line with analyst expectations, as price increases allowed the company to achieve revenue growth despite a decline in car sales from the previous year. The French automaker said overall revenue …

The Chinese yuan fell during Friday’s trading, near its lowest level in 14 years against the dollar, bringing its losses this year to 12.3%. And according to Bloomberg, market watchers expect further yuan weakness after the Communist Party congress ends this weekend, with the central bank loosening its grip on …

Oil prices fell on Friday for a second week as investor concerns about the impact of sharp increases in interest rates on energy consumption dashed hopes related to rising Chinese demand and production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies. Patrick Harker, Federal Reserve Chairman …

European shares fell on Friday, amid fears that major central banks will stick to raising interest rates to curb prices, while investors assessed mixed earnings reports that did little to allay fears of an economic slowdown. A slew of inflation reports and data pointing to the strength of the US …

The Japanese Nikkei index ended Friday’s trading below the main 27 thousand points level, affected by declines recorded by Wall Street Thursday night, amid fears that the announcement of the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) of a sharp interest rate hike could cause a recession. But the losses were …

Oil prices approached stability on Friday, as optimism about a possible increase in energy demand in China dashed and markets weighed on fears of rising inflation. Brent crude futures fell 12 cents to trade at $92.26 a barrel by 0219 GMT. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell four cents to …

The recently-elected UK Prime Minister Liz Truss makes a statement this Thursday saying she will resign. Truss will remain in place until a new leader is chosen and the leadership election will be completed in the next week. Given that the markets have been anticipating the UK PM’s resignation, the …