The US economic activity showed “little or no change” in recent weeks for most of the Federal Reserve’s 12 districts, amid signs that the labour market was cooling in most of the country’s regions, the central bank said on Wednesday in its Beige Book survey of regional business contacts.Consumer spending …

GBP/USD surged by 0.25% as a result of the UK’s surprise 4% annual increase in inflation. GBP’s upside is limited by obstacles such as the moderate rate of cut by the Fed and the improvement in US retail sales. In contrast to the anticipated Fed rate decrease in March, the …

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) is a type of cryptocurrency that does nothing, said JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon who said he would advise his clients not to get involved in Bitcoin (BTC-USD), or in any of the new ETFs that were approved last week.Those include Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), Blackrock’s iShares Bitcoin …

According to the International Monetary Fund, the US economy has already experienced about 75% of the effects of tighter monetary policy, with the rest expected to pass through this year. The Eurozone has more transmission to come due to interest rate hikes starting later. The US economy maintained stronger growth …

The US dollar was strongly supported by investors’ diminishing speculation about Fed interest rate cuts as US markets returned to a regular schedule. Meanwhile, the European currency was eventually affected by ECB officials’ continued disagreement with market perceptions regarding the timing of rate reductions. It is anticipated that Fedspeak, US …

The GBP/USD pair fell to a near-term low of 1.2620 in Tuesday trading, as broader markets shifted their focus from upbeat economic data to bidding up the US Dollar, sending the Pound Sterling into the new year’s lows. Broad-market bets of a rate cut from the Bank of England are …

The DXY Index surged around 103.40, marking the highest level the US Dollar has been since mid-December. This was mostly caused by US traders coming back from vacation, which was further supported by a gradual increase in yields. Markets are pricing in another rate decrease in May as part of …

Oil prices remained stable on Tuesday, with the US dollar reaching its highest in a month and concerns about the impact of Middle East tensions on energy supplies supported by the stronger dollar. WTI crude futures settled at $72.40 a barrel, down 28 cents or 0.4% from Friday’s settlement. Brent …

Tuesday saw a decline in US stocks as investors continued to monitor the direction of interest rates following a mediocre start to the earnings season that was marked by significant bank results.The S&P 500 fell 0.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%. Despite briefly entering positive territory during …

The price of gold is trading around $2,035.03 per ounce at the time of writing. That’s down 0.94% since yesterday’s gold price per ounce and down 1.39% from the beginning of the year. The lowest trading price within the last 24 hours: $2,031.51 per ounce. The highest gold spot price …