NZD/USD rallied to a high of 0.6236 on Wednesday, from the 0.6123 low. The pair was getting closer to its strongest levels in nearly three months after the RBNZ decided a supersized 75 basis point rate hike to get ahead of inflation.The latest RBNZ’s rate hike has been the largest …
Read More »FOMC Minutes to reveal how big support for higher peak rate could be
The Federal Reserve is expected to show how united policymakers were at their meeting earlier in November over a higher peak for interest rates than previously signaled as they calibrate their fight against decades-high inflation.At the conclusion of the Nov. 1-2 meeting of the US central bank’s policy-setting Federal Open …
Read More »US stocks slightly surge ahead of FOMC minutes
US stocks were mixed on Wednesday, as investors looked ahead to FOMC minutes hoping for clues into the pace of future interest rate hikes.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 3 points, or 0.01%. The S&P 500 gained 0.23% and the Nasdaq Composite increased 0.51%. Shares of Nordstrom fell more than …
Read More »Gold looks cautious ahead of FOMC minutes
Gold prices are slightly lower while silver is a bit higher in subdued early US trading on Wednesday. The market looks quieter ahead of the US data point of the week, namely the FOMC minutes released at 2:00 p.m. EST. December gold was last down $2.80 at $1,737.20 and December …
Read More »US New Home Sales Rise Above Estimates
Sales of new single‐family houses, in the United States, rose by 7.5% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 632,000, the data published jointly by the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development showed on Wednesday.Wednesday’s reading followed September’s contraction of 11% and came …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 22/11/2022
The US dollar plummeted on Tuesday amid the better performance of global equities which closed in the green territory on the back of positive risk appetite Wall Street posted considerable gains, adding the most in the final hours of trading. On the other hand, US Treasury yields edged lower with …
Read More »Gold benefits from positive risk appetite, softer US dollar
Gold Price registers gains of 0.03%, and the precious metal is now trading around $1738 as Fed policymakers begin to price a 50 bps rate hike and the US central bank needs to tighten monetary conditions.The US Dollar edges lower on Tuesday as the American currency is weighed by falling …
Read More »EUR/USD Goes Defensive As FOMC Minutes Awaited
An improvement in the market’s sentiment despite the looming Covid woes from China and mixed concerns surrounding the US-China relations help the pair to register the first daily gain in four on Tuesday. EUR/USD buyers are relaxing ahead of Wednesday that is literally eventful. The EUR/USD pair has steadied around …
Read More »US T-Yields Drop As Investors Await FOMC Minutes
Global equities surged on Tuesday while US Treasury yields dropped ahead of the awaited release of the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes for November. Investors are looking forward to clues on the upcoming US interest rate hiking. On the other hand, China’s COVID restrictions weighed on the overall market sentiment.Benchmark 10-year …
Read More »Hunt, BoE Governor to cut maximum size of APF
In exchanged letters between the BoE governor and the UK finance minister regarding asset purchase programme, there was a mention of the official intention to looming cutting of the maximum size of the Asset Purchasing Facility, APF.The maximum size of the APF authorized has been cut to GBP871 bln, of …
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