For the first time in almost 20 years, the US dollar is nearly equal in value to the Euro. This may sound good for the dollar, but it could be harmful for some sectors as well.If the dollar becomes exceptionally strong, it could harm the business for US companies, because …

Boeing reported Q2 deliveries on Tuesday. The company’s stock is soaring. The commercial aerospace giant delivered 121 jets in the second quarter, up from 95 in the first quarter of the year.737 MAX deliveries totaled 100 in Q2, up from 81 delivered in the first quarter. Boeing also delivered 40 …

EU finance ministers on Tuesday gave Croatia the final green light to adopt the euro on January 1, 2023. “I would like to congratulate my counterpart, Zdravko Maric, and the whole of Croatia for becoming the 20th country to join the euro area,” said Zbynek Stanjura, the finance minister of …

Federal Reserve’s Tomas Barkin said that the pace of policy change may be making markets ‘skittish’. He adds that there is a path to cool inflation but a recession ‘is possible’.Barkin expects inflation to come down but not immediately or predictably. Barkin sees early signals of supply easing in freight …

Most economists do predict a 0.75-point rate hike decision by the Bank of Canada on Wednesday, followed by another super-sized rise next autumn. This will be the biggest rate increase in decades, a three-quarter-point rise, which comes within the framework of combating hot inflation, and looks set to continue with …

PepsiCo reported strong performance on several fronts. On Tuesday morning, premarket session did not look as positive as Monday’s Wall Street. Awaiting US CPI data has turned Tuesday into a kind of a waiting lounge for the markets. The Earnings season is starting this week, and one of the first …

Precious metals have generally maintained the same defensive stance, with gold reaching two-month lows and silver at two-year lows.Risk aversion dominates Tuesday’s trading session as investors await clues that will be provided by June’s US CPI report, due on Wednesday. Gold price is slanted to the downside and might test …

June’s Consumer Price Index data will be released on Wednesday by the US Bureau of Labour Statistics. Economists and researchers from 11 major banks have provided their expectations regarding the awaited economic data as follows:Headline inflation at 8.6% is worrying, but it could get even worse, so, economists expect an …

Gap’s stock slid by 6.3% after CEO Sonia Syngal, who has been in her job for a couple of years, resigned. The former CEO will be replaced by executive chairman and former Walmart executive Bob Martin. The price of Gap stock traded at $8.4 per share following the resignation that …

The US dollar touched fresh highs against most major rival currencies, as the week started amid risk-off mode. The EUR/USD pair trades in the 1.0040 price zone, its lowest since December 2002. The shared currency is under additional pressure amid an energy crisis. As expected, Russia closed the Nord Stream …