The US stock market experienced losses due to a stronger USD and hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve officials at the Jackson Hole Symposium. The SPX erased gains from Wednesday, retreating to 4,380. Fed officials Thomas Barkin and Susan Collins sounded hawkish at the beginning of the symposium. Jerome Powell’s speech …
Read More »Can China Overcome Local Debt Crisis?
Over the past ten years, China has witnessed the largest infrastructure boom in history, making it one of the key factors in the Asian country’s economic expansion. However, businesses who took out loans to support the development boom are now under unheard-of debt strain. The future of China’s whole economy …
Read More »Fed’s Collins suggests US central bank can hold steady
Susan Collins of the Fed indicated on Thursday that the US central bank may be in a position where it doesn’t need to hike rates once more, while she left the door open for further action. These remarks had no immediate response from the US Dollar Index, which was last …
Read More »What is a BRICS currency?
In a bid to lessen their sensitivity to changes in the dollar exchange rate, Brazil’s president called on the BRICS countries to establish a single currency for trade and investment between one another on Wednesday.At the Johannesburg BRICS conference, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva proposed the idea. Given the variations …
Read More »Powell to reveal next Fed steps to combat inflation
Fed Chair Jerome Powell is expected to outline the final steps the US central bank could implement in the framework of the ongoing campaign to tame inflation during his speech at Jackson Hole Symposium. Powell’s speech comes as policymakers enter the most difficult stage of the fight against inflation, calibrating …
Read More »US stocks rise ahead of Nvidia’s crucial results
Wall Street’s key indexes rose on Wednesday due to Nvidia stock’s surge in shares, driven by expectations of a positive future outlook from the chip designer. Nvidia’s sales target exceeded Wall Street projections, leading to a record high for the chip designer’s shares. Analysts worry about a bigger selloff if …
Read More »Slowdown woes, surging US inventories drag WTI to four-week low
As a result of waning worldwide economic activity, as shown by the S&P worldwide PMIs, WTI crude oil declined to $77.68 per barrel, down 0.54%, before improving to $79.01 at the time of writing. While oil stockpiles decline by 6.1 million barrels, US petrol inventories increase by 1.5 million barrels, …
Read More »AUD/USD rises past 0.6450 amid US dollar’s weakness
The AUD/USD pair sets a third consecutive day of gains, rising more than 0.60% towards 0.6470. PMIs from August from the US and Australia came in lower than expected.Dovish bets on the Fed are applying pressure on the USD. The AUD/USD gained traction in Wednesday’s session, driven by a weaker …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session, August 22
The first indication of economic activity in August will come from the Global PMIs, which will also include housing data from the US, data on Q2 retail sales from New Zealand, and data on retail sales from Canada. After Monday’s decline, Asian equities have recovered, but caution is still in …
Read More »BRICS leaders in Johannesburg challenge Western dominance
Financial markets are now focused on the beginning of the three-day BRICS meeting in South Africa. To begin the three-day BRICS summit, leaders and senior officials from five of the largest rising economies in the world met in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa make up …
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