Following Wednesday’s voting, Penny Mordaunt has been knocked out of the Conservative leadership contest, leaving Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to face each other in the run-off to replace Boris Johnson.The winner of the final round is expected to be announced on Monday, September 5, following a postal ballot completed …

Consumer confidence in the Eurozone declined in July due to the increasing cost of living and a slowdown of the economy, falling to its lowest level on record.The European Commission said Wednesday that its measure of consumer confidence in the region fell to minus 27.0 in July from a revised …

The Canadian consumer price index (CPI) surged 8.1 per cent in June from a year earlier, up from 7.7 per cent in May, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday. It was the highest inflation rate since 1983. Canada’s inflation soared to its highest rate in nearly forty years in June, although …

Existing Home Sales in the United States sharply declined for the fifth straight month in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.12 million, the National Association of Realtors reported on Wednesday. Sales were down 5.4% and 14.2% on a monthly and yearly basis, respectively. Details of the report …

The International Monetary Fund announced that it lowered its growth forecasts for Germany to 1.2% for 2002 and to 0.8% for 2023. In its previous forecast, the IMF was expecting the German economy to grow by 2% in both years.“Uncertainty is very high, with risks to the baseline growth forecast …

The EUR/USD pair soared to 1.0268 on headlines suggesting the European Central Bank could discuss a 50 bps rate hike when it meets this week. Economic DataThe data published by the US Census Bureau revealed on Tuesday that Housing Starts declined by 2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of …

Johnson & Johnson topped Q2 earnings expectations on Tuesday, but the company stock toppled on its trimmed profit outlook. On today’s stock market, JNJ stock rose fell 1.5% to 171.69, according to observers this could be attributed to the overall strength of the US dollar during Q2. The best performance …

Lockheed Martin missed on sales and earnings this week as sales are sinking and profit margins are headed for their worst performance since 2017. Lockheed’s major complaints for the second quarter include supply chain impact as well as the timing of customer contracts, but its problems look in fact so …

Amid a positive market mood, the GBP/USD pair has managed to scales above 1.2000 after a mild correction. Investors focus now on UK Inflation, lower earnings and higher inflation rates may create more problems for the households in the UK.Declining inflation expectations in the US may hurt the Dollar Index …

Ahead of US official government data scheduled release on Wednesday, the privately surveyed oil stock data has been released:Crude +1.860M vs. +1.4M barrels expected. Gasoline +1.290M vs. +0.1M bbls expected.Distillate -2.153M vs +1.2M expected. Cushing +0.523M.WTI crude for August delivery closed up US$1.62 to US$104.22 per barrel a day prior …