The Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Thursday that the US central bank’s battle to tame inflationary pressures would “include some pain” as the impact of higher interest rates is being felt, but that the worse outcome would be for prices to continue speeding ahead.”“We went through periods in …
Read More »Natural Gas Soars In Europe After Russian Measures
Russian sanctions on Poland’s key pipeline are expected to limit Europe’s ability to import Russian natural gas if Ukrainian pipes go down. The Russian measures are also expected to put additional pressure on US natural gas producers as Russia is intended to cut Off Supplies to Europe.As Europe races to …
Read More »Fed’s Daly: 50 bps vs.75 bps debate not a primary consideration
President of San Francisco Fed, Mary C. Daly stated that there is no reason to justify altering the course for 50 bps at the next two FOMC meetings, adding that the debate between 50 bps-75 bps is not a primary consideration. Daly reiterated that she still wants to reach a …
Read More »Bank of Mexico hikes interest rate by 50bps to 7%
The Bank of Mexico sets the benchmark interest rate at 7%, although Reuters reports that the board was not unanimous on rate decision with one member of the board voting to hike rates to 7.25%.Preliminary information suggests that economic activity rebounded during the first quarter of 2022. Given the growing …
Read More »Gold Retreats On Stronger USD
Gold price is losing 1.60% on Thursday, falling from a high of $1,858.87 to a fresh cycle low of $1,822.27. The US dollar is bid and climbed to fresh two-decade highs on Thursday as investors flock to the safe-haven currency in the face of surging inflation.Wednesday’s data bolstered market’s expectations …
Read More »Yellen concerned about Treasury market functioning
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen mentioned on Thursday that the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) is concerned about the functioning of the Treasury market. While Yellen testifies, stocks erased gains printing fresh YTD lows and the dollar strengthened. The DXY is at multi-year highs above 104.70. The 10-year US yield …
Read More »Wells Fargo: US Dollar Can Strengthen Further Against G10 Currencies
Wells Fargo’s analysts believe that the US dollar can strengthen against G10 and emerging market currencies. They consider the aggressive monetary policy tightening from the Fed, safe haven capital flows as well as markets that are mis-priced for interest rate hikes abroad should all result in a stronger greenback going …
Read More »USD/CAD Stabilizes Amid Global Risk Appetite
The USD/CAD pair has stabilized just below multi-month highs in the low 1.3000s on Thursday, as a downturn in global macro risk appetite coupled with the strong performance of the safe-haven US dollar offered the pair support.Both US CPI and PPI data over the past two days showed an (as …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Wednesday 11 May
The US dollar closed with gains against most major rival currencies, although price action was choppy across the market. Economic DataThe US dollar rallied after the release of CPI data at 8.3%, higher than the estimates. The monthly figure was up 0.3% against the 0.2% expected. Finally, the annual core …
Read More »WTI Settles Higher After Two-day Nosedive
The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for June delivery has added 1.51 US dollars to briefly touch USD 109.77 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, later in the day the American crude oil settled at USD 105.71. Oil closed with strong gains on Wednesday, reversing a prior-session selloff after …
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