The clear winner for Friday is the Sterling. The EUR/GBP pair is retreating into 0.8660 despite the strengthening of the pound sterling on Friday. Next week’s economic schedule includes the UK GDP and EU retail sales in the latter half.As the market approaches the weekly closing bell, the EUR/GBP is …

“I may support holding rates for about 8 to 10 months”, Atlanta Fed’s Raphael Bostic said on Friday. Bostic added that monetary policy is in the right place given the economic outlook. He added he may support holding interest rates steady for about 8 to ten months. Bostic also mentioned …

WTI crude dropped to $80.70, a decrease of more than 2%. Soft labour market data was released by the US. Middle East tensions are reducing, which will help the price drop. The US economy, which consumes the most oil, is the primary cause of the steep losses in US crude …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who took office in January 2021, is accused of committing the worst mistake in the Department’s history when she “failed to issue cheap bonds before the Fed began its latest series of rate hikes,” which “paved the way for a debt catastrophe” and “exacerbated the …

The 150K weaker US labour market and nonfarm payrolls data that fell short of the 180K estimates, on Friday, does much to refuel a significant rally in the EUR/USD pair’s performance. With hiring slowing down and unemployment rising, there is growing speculation about Fed rate cuts in H2 2024.Notwithstanding the …

For the month of October, both crude oil and refined products have generally traded sideways. Analysts at Rabobank examine Brent’s prospects. Brent will at some point in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024 reach $100, but not on average. Brent is trading at $85.20 at the time of writing, as WTI …

The US ISM Services PMI fell to 51.8 in October. The US Dollar Index stays deep in red territory below 105.50. Business activity in the US service sector expanded at a softening pace in October, with the ISM Services PMI declining to 51.8 from 53.6 in September.This reading came in …

The US Dollar lost ground on Thursday due to economic data from the US, which showed Initial Jobless Claims rose to the highest level in seven weeks and Continuing Claims reached the highest since April. The US official employment report is expected to show an increase of 180,000 jobs, with …

With iPhone revenue up year over year, Apple reports record earnings quarter, on Thursday, even with just a week or so of iPhone 15 sales factored into the numbers. However, all of the company’s other hardware divisions were down, and overall sales were down for the fourth consecutive quarter. The …

The Dollar Index fell for the day to 106.15, a decrease of 0.50%. In line with the current risk-on trend, US government bond yields are also falling while Wall Street indexes are rising.Market participants are now concentrating on Friday’s Nonfarm Payrolls report for October. Following Wednesday’s decision and Chair Powell’s …