Next week’s the European Central Bank monetary policy meeting will be a key event that attracts traders’ attention. According to analysts a 75 basis points interest rate hike is highly expected. Analysts also believe that the deposit rate will reach 3% by March 2023. ECB’s Lagarde will have to acknowledge …
Read More »EUR/USD recovers on retreating US dollar
The Euro is currently seen as picking up and returns to levels above 0.9800. Speculation about a shorter Fed hike in December served the US dollar a sudden blow.The Euro departed the previous days’ weakness on Friday during the US session. The pair has regained lost ground after bouncing at …
Read More »Gold rises on FOMC decision expectations
Gold price advances almost 1% as the market speculations accelerated on FOMC’s intention. A WSJ article noted that FOMC members could be split about December’s rate hike, as November increase to the Fed funds rate (FFR) 75 bps, is certain. The precious metal is trading at $1651.36 per ounce at …
Read More »AUD/USD rebounds on weaker US dollar
The AUD/USD pair turned positive for the day after rebounding more than a hundred pips from four-day lows. The pair rose from near 0.6200 to 0.6333, hitting a fresh daily high on the back of a weaker dollar.The US dollar pulled back across the board following a report mentioning a …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 20/10/2022
Soaring treasury yields managed to save the US dollar on Thursday. The American currency started the trading day with negative performance, but later was able to trim intraday losses and finished the day little changed against most major rival currencies.The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note picked at 4.23%, …
Read More »Gold struggles amid hawkish signals
The gold price has moved back to flat position on the day to print around $1,629.25 after moving between the $1,622.54 low and the $1,628.93 high for most of the session, reversing two losing sessions as the US dollar eased. At the time of writing the precious metal is trading …
Read More »EUR/USD surges on stronger dollar
The EUR/USD pair is trading at 0.9783 at the time of writing versus Wednesday’s 0.97815 level. The pair edged up into the close on Wall Street by 0.12% as the US dollar pauses the soaring US yield environment and despite markets pricing in the Federal Reserve’s terminal rate of around …
Read More »Musk’s Puzzle, plans to sell, insists Tesla shares are only going up
Tesla CEO claimed that his company would be worth more than Apple and Saudi Aramco, combined. Namely over $10 trillion. Tesla’s market value is $650 billion, down 7% after the e-vehicle maker had missed a projection of 50% growth in 2022.Musk’s words would logically imply that Tesla shares are an …
Read More »UK Bond traders warn against anything but tightening
Traders in UK government bonds were unintentionally contributing to toppling Liz Truss from the premier position. So, what could be the next goal? Perhaps the logical next goal is to ensure that the successor of Truss will stick to the fiscal discipline required to prop up the UK’s fragile financial …
Read More »Fed’s Cook, Harker Still Support Aggressive Stance
On Thursday, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said that inflation in the US is still remains unacceptably high and interest rates will need to keep rising to get it under control.According to Cook, “Inflation is too high, it must come down and we will keep at it until the job …
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