The S&P 500 fell on Thursday and US bond yields jumped as Fed officials signaled their rate-hiking campaign to slow inflation is not over.The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed, after falling as much as 314 points in the session. The S&P 500 slipped 0.25%, while the Nasdaq Composite …
Read More »Pelosi to step down from US House Speaker role
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who became Speaker of the House in 2007, announced that she will step down from her congressional leadership role, ending a two-decade streak as the top House Democrat. Pelosi’s statement, on Thursday, comes after signs that the Democrats will narrowly lose their House majority to …
Read More »USD/CAD surges on hawkish remarks by Fed speakers
Hawkish commentary by Federal Reserve officials underpinned the US Dollar. US economic data was mixed as unemployment claims dropped, while housing data delivers a gloomy outlook.Wednesday’s Canadian Consumer Price Index failed to underpin the Canadian dollar which weakened versus the US Dollar after Federal Reserve policymakers expressed that inflation remains …
Read More »USD/CAD could decline to the 1.25 level towards the end of 2023
At the time of writing, the is trading at 1.3362 versus the previous closing rate at 1.3327. In 2023, the Canadian Dollar may emerge as a more attractive financial asset in the face of fluctuations. Economists believe that the USD/CAD pair could drop to the 1.25 level.Overall commodity picture should …
Read More »Performance of shares, sterling reacts to UK new budget
Irritating recession and interest rate worries impacted Europe’s markets on Thursday, and the pound fell as the United Kingdom seeks a way out from its disastrous fiscal experiment to leave it behind it with a new budget that is largely conceived of as austere-looking.Early optimism about Siemens’ earnings and expectations …
Read More »Bullard: 5%-5.25% Minimum level for Fed policy rate
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Thursday that a minimum level for a restrictive Federal Reserve (Fed) policy rate would be 5% to 5.25%, as reported by Reuters.The US Dollar Index edged slightly lower in the last hour but it was still up 0.6% at 106.90 at …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 16/11/2022
The US dollar gathered some strength during the US trading session, closing mixed. The US dollar benefited from a deteriorating sentiment following Poland’s developments in relation to the Russo Ukrainian war, but also from Wednesday’s economic news.The EUR/USD pair trades at around 1.0370, while GBP/USD is stable around 1.1890. Commodity-linked …
Read More »Gold fails to benefit from US dollar’s latest performance
Gold Price creeps lower after testing the weekly high around $1786 on Wednesday following the release of positive US data. The retail sales data triggered risk aversion, so, the US dollar’s stance as a safe haven benefited, but the Gold Index was not able failed to capitalize on falling US …
Read More »Bitcoin declines on spreading FTX crisis
Betcoin was high trading at $16705 after falling to intraday lows after Wednesday’s Wall Street opening bell as the FTX scandal appeared to have impacted another victim. After the bell BTC/USD was trading around $16,400.The meant victim could be Genesis Global Capital, the crypto lending arm of Genesis Trading, and …
Read More »Stocks slide on firm dollar, retail sales data
Global stocks slid from two-month highs and dollar maintained its safe-haven standing and managed to steady on Wednesday after stronger-than-expected US retail sales clouded the Fed’s inflation outlook and hopes that the Fed could ease its hawkish interest rate hikes.Stocks in Europe pared overnight losses in Asia after Poland’s president …
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