Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are edging higher on Tuesday but the digital asset space continues to face pressure on multiple fronts, including contagion from the bankruptcy of exchange FTX and the increasing difficulty of crypto mining.The price of Bitcoin surged by 1% over the past 24 hours to just shy …

US stocks slid on Tuesday as Wall Street continued a slow start to the week, with investors continuing to monitor the latest developments related to the sudden surge of protests in China over the government’s “zero COVID” stance.The S&P 500 was down 0.4% in midday trading, while the Dow Jones …

The EUR/USD pair has flattened again as the US session heads into the late afternoon. The pair fell from the 1.0394 high to the 1.0325 low on the day so far and steadies near 1.0340 at the time of writing. Growth stocks on Wall Street experience extended declines, overshadowing a …

Oil prices surged on Tuesday on expectations that China’s strict COVID-19 controls could be eased, but concerns that OPEC+ would keep its output unchanged at its upcoming meeting limited the trading day’s gains.Brent crude futures settled at $84.84 per barrel versus the previous closing price $83.21. WTI crude oil futures …

Preliminary data released on Tuesday indicated that a larger-than-expected decline in annual inflation in Germany to 10%. According to Sebastian Becker, Senior Economist at Deutsche Bank, the downward surprise is largely explained by the unexpected energy price drop. He warns that core inflation dynamics might remain strong for now.Key Quotes: …

The BoE’s governor, Andrew Bailey said on Tuesday there was no monetary policy reason to reduce or restructure the way the UK central bank pays interest on its reserves held by commercial banks.“In my view, there is not a monetary reason, a monetary policy reason that is, for varying that. …

The Conference Board published fresh Consumer Confidence Index data on Tuesday showing a decline to 100.2 in November from (revised from 102.5) 102.2 in October.Similarly, the Present Situation Index edged lower to 137.4 versus the previous reading at 138.9. in addition, the Expectations Index fell to 75.4 from 78.1 in …

Wall Street spends more than ever on technology designed to keep an eye on traders after regulators extracted record fines from several banks worldwide for confronting lapses in monitoring communications. The industry will spend about $1.8 billion on surveillance technology in 2022, up by 20% from 2021, according to Coalition …

On the surface everything revealed by Monday’s Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index reading is pointing in the direction the Federal Reserve wants to see. Employment is cooling and inflation pressures are giving signals fading, though, in reality, this is not the case with the US economy at large.In reality, order volumes …

The US session has been a big arena for volatility with beginning of the trading week. The US dollar has managed to edge higher up to 106.74 on Monday, slightly recovering from a three-and-a-half month low of 105.32 as investors are concerned about the pro global economic slowdown and the …