The European Central Bank is going to announce its monetary policy decision on Thursday. Policymakers, led by President Christine Lagarde, are expected to finally abandon their cautious approach to quantitative tightening. Europe’s CPI reading reached record highs, so, the European central bank will have to decide another 75 bps rate …
Read More »Gold Price Higher on Weaker US Dollar
Gold is on the edge of an important bullish reversal, but it all depends on the Fed’s policy expectations. Technically, the bulls need to hang on above hourly support and break a daily H&S neckline. US bond yields have slipped on expectations that the Federal Reserve will temper its aggressive …
Read More »WTI reaches two-week highs at around $88.00 on soft US Dollar
WTI soared during the US session. The American crude is boosted by the overall US Dollar weakness as the dollar declines more than 1%, while WTI’s exports hit an all-time high due to domestic refiners operating at a higher level. At the time of writing, WTI is trading at $88.05 …
Read More »Alphabet shares have worst day since March 2020
Shares of Alphabet dipped as much as 8% on Wednesday, a day after the company released third-quarter earnings that missed on the top and bottom lines. Revenue growth slowed to 6% from 41% a year earlier as the company contends with a continued downdraft in online ad spending.It has become …
Read More »Macklem: BoC cannot rely on global developments to bring down inflation
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem responded to questions from the press following the bank’s decision to raise the policy rate by 50 basis points to 3.75%.The USD/CAD pair continues to trade in negative territory following the press conference and was last seen losing 0.35% on the day at 1.3560.Key …
Read More »Major banks see no obstacles to ECB’s 75 bps hike
The European Central Bank will announce its decision on monetary policy on Thursday, October 27 at 12:15 GMT and as markets get closer to the release time, here are the expectations as forecast by the economists and researchers of 15 major banks.Economists broadly expect the ECB to raise borrowing costs …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 26/10/2022
The US dollar gave up during the US session, finishing the day with losses against its major rival currencies. The EUR/USD pair trades near parity early Wednesday and ahead of important monetary policy announcements scheduled for next Thursday.Commodity-linked currencies benefited from higher US equities. AUD/USD flirts with 0.6500 while the …
Read More »Improved sentiment pushes US stocks higher
On Tuesday, US stocks closed another US session higher as investors monitored the performance of the US dollar and the declining Treasury yields in addition to fresh US macroeconomic data for extracting clues concerning the status of the United States economy.The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 337.12 points higher, or …
Read More »UK politics save the day of GBP/USD
The GBP/USD pair has gained over 1.7% and benefited from the US dollar’s decline on Tuesday. It is convenient to say that UK politics saved the day for sterling bulls. The pair is trading at 1.475Investors welcomed Rishi Sunak as the new UK prime minister where, in his first speech, …
Read More »WTI rises amid raised appetite
WTI crude oil rose on Tuesday on recession linked concerns. The overall scene boosted risk assets to rally. Output cut by OPEC+ next month as well as the Fed’s policy decision on November 3 are two additional factors. WTI crude oil trades at $84.69 per barrel, trading 0.17% higher between …
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