Australia’s central bank is about to restart a pause in rate hikes as new data indicates that inflation and home price growth are slowing down, supporting earlier tightening. Most economists predict that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will maintain its cash rate at a 12-year high of 4.35% on …
Read More »USD/JPY gains on climbing US 10-year bond yields
Because of the general strength of the US dollar and high US yields, the USD/JPY is rising. The US Federal Reserve’s expected rate cut had been reassessed.A look at upcoming US data, the ISM Services PMI, and job openings on JOLTs. Although it stays below the Ichimoku Cloud (Kumo), which …
Read More »Canadian dollar struggles to stop further declines
As the US Dollar sees a broad-market recovery on the back of renewed risk aversion, the Canadian Dollar gave up some of its gains from the previous week. On Monday, the Canadian dollar is down about 0.3 percent versus the US dollar. The Canadian Dollar is facing downside pressure as …
Read More »GBP/USD slipping back as Sterling loses steam
The GBP/USD has fallen by nearly eight-tenths of a percent on Monday, as investors retreated into safe havens due to a global slowdown. The Pound Sterling has shed three-quarters of a percent against the US Dollar, while the rest of the FX market is facing a risk-off bid from the …
Read More »Why has gold abandoned all-time high?
Gold price has reached an all-time high on Monday, driven by the US dollar’s decline and traders’ bets that the Fed will cut interest rates next year. Gold is trading at $2025.21 at the time of writing. Earlier on Monday, gold price surged up to 3% to $2135 per ounce, …
Read More »Euro Retreats to three-week lows
The Euro lost ground against the US Dollar, causing it to retreat to three-week lows around the 1.0820 TERRITORY at the beginning of the trading week. However, the dollar is enjoying buying interest around 103.70, flirting with the area of multi-session tops and surpassing the key 200-day SMA. The Euro …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, Nov. 27 – Dec. 1
Gold prices surged to a six-month high in current trading, driven by the decline of the US dollar and the belief that the Fed is ending its interest rate hike cycle, contributing to the positive momentum in the precious metal.Gold’s PerformanceGold prices surged to a new multi-month high of $2060.62 …
Read More »Gold surges to a seven-month high, amid Powell’s comments
Reacting to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech, the price of gold immediately surged to a new multi-month high of $2060.62. The precious metal even extended its gains later on the day and is trading at 2071.15 per ounce at the time of writing, gaining $35.05, and thereby up by 1.72%. …
Read More »Wall Street finds footing as Powell dampens rate cut bets
After their November surge, stocks begin December strongly. After a record-breaking month, US stocks increased on Friday as investors processed comments made by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who cautioned against drawing the premature conclusion that rate hikes by the Fed are done or speculating about when cuts might take …
Read More »GBP/USD rallies amid Fed’s easing bets, softer dollar
After hitting a daily low of 1.2609, the GBP/USD pair increased by more than 90 pip, or 0.70%, in the latter part of Friday’s North American session. The Greenback suffered as a result of more than 100 basis points of rate cuts by the Fed the following year due to …
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