According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s GDPNow model, the growth of the US economy is expected to record an annualized rate of 2.7% in 2022’s fourth quarter, slightly down from 2.8% in previous estimates.“After this morning’s housing starts report from the US Census Bureau, the nowcast of fourth-quarter …

Former FTX CEO has agreed to be extradited to the United States, but Sam Bankman-Fried also announced that he wanted to see the accusation statement filed against him in New York before agreeing to extradition.FTT price noted a 7.7% decline in the last 24 hours, recording fresh lows around $0.860. …

Retail Sales in Canada, for October, unexpectedly surged, however, the USD/CAD pair is trading in negative territory, holding slightly above 1.3600. Retail Sales in Canada rose by 1.4% on a monthly basis in October following September’s 0.6% decline, the data published by Statistics Canada revealed on Tuesday. The latest reading …

Firmer government bond yields provided near-term support to the USD, but plummeting US indexes limited the dollar’s potential gains.Gold flirted with $1,800 but finished the day in the red at around $1,786 a troy ounce. Crude oil prices, however, posted modest gains, with WTI settling at $75.40 a barrel.No catalysts …

Treasury yields surged on Monday, as investors assess the cumulative probability that the world’s MAJOR central banks will keep raising rates in 2023 despite the economic impact.Traders focus on assessment of the 2023 monetary-policy outlook of central banks from the US to Japan and Europe. Longer term yields are below …

Oil prices surged on Monday on optimistic expectations and hopes for China’s economy after news speaking about relaxing COVID-19 restrictions. But, fears of a global recession would weigh on energy demand and therefore oil’s gains are limited.China is experiencing its first of three expected waves of COVID-19 cases after Beijing …

Wall Street equities were in the red territory on Monday. Nasdaq was leading the prevalent declines as investors’ worries accelerate concerning Fed’s monetary policy tightening that could drag the US economy into a recession.The S&P 500, the Dow Industrials and the Nasdaq have sold off sharply for December, on track …

The Pound Sterling is leaning against a critical level of support while the US dollar is surprisingly weak. The Federal Reserve and Bank of England’s rate decisions are being digested. The GBP/USD pair is 0.2% higher at the time of writing on the first day of the trading week. However, …

The European Central Bank is targeting 2% inflation and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said ”it will take a while to return to 2% inflation.”Earlier in December, Nagel was quoted saying that the ECB should start reducing its large holdings of government debt in the first quarter of next year as …

At the time of writing, gold price is trading at $1786.66 versus the previous closing price at $1792.59.Lower than expected inflation data in the US is exercising downward pressure on the US dollar. This, along with lower real yields, is expected to allow gold to retest $1,800 according to economists.Retreating …