Bitcoin breached the important $20,000 resistance level and surged past $20,600 on Friday. However, traders are still cautious because the US Fed is expected to boost interest rates by as much as 75-100 basis points in an effort to cool down the country’s spiking inflation, which would make riskier assets, …
Read More »Fed’s Daly: Not concerned about debate on rate hikes
San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said on Friday that she is not concerned above “over cooking things” on rate hikes. Daly also noted that US consumers continue to spend and that the labour market is still robust.However, Daly mentioned that “Inflation is too high” and that the Fed is …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Thursday, July 14
Recession-linked fears have put the US dollar on the bullish path throughout the first half of the day, although cooling expectations of a 100 bps rate hike in the US triggered a corrective slide. The EUR/USD pair plunged to 0.9951 but finished the day at around 1.0020.CME FedWatch is now …
Read More »Gold in historic bearish cycle as USD maintains Forex king’s status
Producer price pressures are still too strong to delay any Fed’s future rate hikes. The US dollar could continue to receive support from the recession-linked fears in and outside the United States. Gold has been pressured on Thursday due to a rising US dollar and hawkish sentiment surrounding the Fed …
Read More »EUR/USD’s Parity Battle Continues
Political as well as other crises across Europe add further pressure on the shared currency. The EUR/USD pair plunged to 0.9951, a fresh multi-year low, now recovering above parity. Speculative interest turned into safety amid persistent fears of recession, triggering stock market selloffs.Fears temporarily cooled during the US session as …
Read More »GBP/USD edges lower as traders price Fed bets
The GBP/USD pair is trading down on the day by some 0.7%, falling from the 1.1892 high to a low of 1.1759. The US dollar resumed its relentless move higher on Thursday, charting new 24-year highs in the Dollar Index that tracks the US dollar against six counterparts up more …
Read More »Fed’s Bullard calls for a 75bp hike in July
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard prefers to lift interest rates by 75 basis points at the central bank’s next meeting later in June. Bullard told the Japanese news service Nikkei in an interview released on Thursday that he does not back a larger increase for now.“So far, we’ve …
Read More »Could Netflix, Microsoft Ads Cooperation Impact NFLX shares?
Netflix stock gained some relief on the back of news headlines announcing partnership with Microsoft for lower-cost advertising model. Netflix has been under pressure as the pandemic outperformance gradually faded with the stock down nearly 70% so far this year. It has retraced significantly below its pre-pandemic level, which was …
Read More »Soaring PPI Gives US Another Worrying Inflation Marker
Producer prices soared by 11.3% in June over a year ago as consumers continue to struggle with skyrocketing prices for just about everything.The US Bureau of Labour Statistics released its Producer Price Index data Thursday, which showed a 1.1% increase last month, contributing to a 11.3% increase in the past …
Read More »Fed’s Waller supports 75 bps hike at July meeting
“I think it is plausible that we have a growth recession where it goes below longer-run average but doesn’t go negative,” Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Thursday. Waller added that markets would also price a 100 basis points rate hike in July, Waller is also open to a …
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