At the beginning of the week, oil prices surged by more than 1.30%, with WTI Oil finding support at $80.63. The US Dollar Index is a little weaker but still trades above 104.00. Russia faces issues from sanctions and drone attacks from Ukraine on Russian refineries and storage facilities, while …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap: Fed, Inflation Data in Focus
Global inflation-linked concerns, lest it should return to the previous highs, continue to reveal themselves in the context of the precautionary rhetoric adopted by major central banks worldwide. In practice, monetary policymakers have announced, through formal decisions, their intention to keep interest rates “higher for longer”, an important tool, until …
Read More »US Stocks Notch Weekly Gains
The US equity market witnessed volatility on Friday, resulting in a three-quarters of a percent decline in the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 retreating, -0.14%, around 0.6 percent, the market was testing down. With real estate down about 1.25% and the financial sector down 1.21% on the day, the …
Read More »EUR/USD declines for second successive day
The shared currency weakened against the US Dollar for the second day in a row, ending the week near its lowest point since early March.The Euro fell as much as 1.3% during North American trading earlier on Friday. But it was able to regain some of its losses, closing at …
Read More »Gold prices pressured by rallying US dollar
Gold has been declining since the beginning of daily trading on Friday, under pressure from the rise in the US dollar, which continues to benefit from the positive US data that was released on Thursday.The US manufacturing PMI rose to its highest level in three years this March. US home …
Read More »Eurozone expects economic recovery amid declining inflation
Leaders of the European Union and the eurozone are cautiously hopeful about the upcoming economic recovery. The decreasing rates of inflation are the main driver of this optimism. They admitted that “economic activity is subdued in the near term” in a statement issued on Friday, but they also said that …
Read More »US Dollar rallies ahead of next week’s PCE data
Despite dovish comments by Fed’s top official as well as declining US Treasury yields, investors are placing their bets on the easing cycle starting by June. At a solid 104.428, the US Dollar Index (DXY) is now trading at its highest point since mid-February. Data projections for the start of …
Read More »JPMorgan: Immigration has been boosting US economy, but underestimated
The US central bank raised its forecast for GDP growth in 2024 from 1.4% in its December outlook to 2.1%, this was based upon the US economy’s continued resilience against the currently high interest rates as well as the efforts by the Fed to combat inflation, so far. The US …
Read More »Market Drivers; US Session, March 21
As investors continued to process the most recent FOMC meeting and the prospect of three rate reduction by the Fed this year, risk aversion made a comeback on Thursday across markets and traded assets, giving the dollar additional impetus. Apart from that, the BoE maintained rates and hinted at potential …
Read More »USD/JPY benefits from surging US bond yields
USD/JPY took advantage of the positive correlation with US Treasury yields hitting a new high after yields on benchmark bonds showed a significant amount of consolidation throughout the trading day, on Thursday.US Treasury bond yields were able to consolidate in an upward trend on Thursday with the emergence of several …
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