Gold price begins December on a firmer standing around $1,768, after posting the biggest monthly gains in 29 months during November. The precious metal’s latest run-up could be linked to the dovish messages by Fed Chair Jerome Powell, as well as optimism surrounding China. Gold buyers are expected to take …
Read More »Wall Street advances on Powell’s dovish signals
Wall Street is rejoicing on the latest comments by Jerome Powell. The S&P 500 has gained the first day in four following significantly dovish comments by Fed’s Jerome Powell confirming that the US Fed will slow the pace of its hawkish rate-hiking that impacted financial and exchange markets.The broad index …
Read More »Powell’s Speech Drags US Dollar Lower
In his first public appearance and remarks on the US economy since the post-FOMC policy decision press conference on November 2, where he warned of a higher terminal rate, Fed chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that it would “make sense to moderate pace of interest rate hikes”.Since the November …
Read More »European markets close higher on Eurozone inflation data
European markets closed higher on Wednesday as November has proved to be a month with robust performance while regional investors reacted to the latest inflation data from the Eurozone for the month.Stoxx 600 closed up 0.6%, adding monthly gains of around 6.1%. Household goods added 2.3% to represent the leading …
Read More »Fed’s Cook: Time nearing to hike rates in smaller steps
Fed’s Lisa Cook, who before said the US central bank is focused on addressing inflation that is “much too high”, reiterated on Wednesday that inflation is still too high.Cook noted that it could soon be “time for the US central bank to take its foot off the gas when it …
Read More »US Dollar slides on disappointing jobs data ahead of Powell’s speech
The US dollar is sliding lower following jobs data in November that missed expectations before a highly awaited speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The dollar index added to earlier losses after the ADP National Employment reading indicating that US private payrolls increased far less than expected in November, suggesting …
Read More »Dow falls 200 points as investors await Powell speech
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell on Wednesday as Wall Street is walking through ponds of economic data and investors await this afternoon speech on the US economy by Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Powell will give his speech before Brookings Institute.The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that GDP increased at …
Read More »US JOLTS reading declines to 10.3 million in October
US JOLTS Job Openings discreetly retreated in October. The number of job openings fell to 10.3 million on the last business day of October versus the previous reading of 10.7 million in September according to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics in its Job Openings and Labour Turnover Summary (JOLTS) …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 29/11/2022
Generally speaking; risk assets experienced a big deal of uncertainty as the end of November approaches ahead of Fed Chairman Powell’s address on the economy on Wednesday at Brookings Institute. US Nonfarm Payrolls data is looming on Friday. Risk appetite has deteriorated since Monday after Chinese protests police clashes against …
Read More »Why do NZD, CHF await Powell, ADP Employment Data?
The NZD/USD pair hovers around 0.6200 as investors await US ADP Employment. The pair also encounters an obstacle around the present rate 0.6200 as anxiety rises ahead of Fed Powell’s remarks on Wednesday. Fed’s interest rate hikes account for weaker projections for US employment data.On a different front, the reopening …
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