US President Joe Biden plotted inflation-fighting strategy, on Tuesday, during his meeting with the Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Biden reportedly focused on relentlessly surging prices, with the destiny of the US economy and his own political prospects increasingly dependent on the actions of the government’s central bank.Tuesday’s meeting was the …
Read More »AUD/USD Struggles Ahead Of Chinese PMIs Data, Australian GDP
The Australian dollar has slid from weekly highs above 0.7200 amid a trading day with relatively sour market sentiment with negative impact around the end of May flows that enhanced the US dollar while US Treasury yields exhibit some momentum.AUD/USD pair has retreated during the US session, from weekly highs …
Read More »US equities retreat as Biden-Powell meeting in focus
Investors do not seem so much worried about US President Joe Biden’s meeting with Fed Chair Jerome Powell, on Tuesday. Biden is urging the Fed to keep its focus on ways to control US inflation as a message to markets that inflation fighting has become the highest priority of the …
Read More »OPEC members ponder output increase, exempting Russia
The OPEC+ group of producers continues to underproduce, which had taken the sting out of the highly anticipated 430k bpd output hike this month.While there are no formal plans to push OPEC to increase oil output, some members have plans for so doing particularly given that Russian output is likely …
Read More »EUR/USD falls from weekly highs on stronger US dollar
The EUR/USD reached new weekly lows below 1.0700 despite the EU inflation breaking above the 8% threshold. The euro retreats during the American session but bounced off daily’s lows in a high volatility trading session that witnessed the EUR/USD rallying near 1.0780 and falling to 1.0678, but is stabilizing. At …
Read More »US mortgage rates can’s slow home prices
Higher mortgage rates did a little to stop home price momentum in March. US home values leaped by 20.6% in March from the year before, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index, up from a 20% increase in February and marking the largest year-over-gain in the index’s …
Read More »Eurozone inflation highest since 1999
The economic consequences of Russia-Ukraine conflict include price surge in Germany hitting a record and inflation in Estonia topping 20 percent. In Spain, the annual inflation has reached 8.5 percent.In Germany, starting June, for example, the government will offer reductions for the price of gas at the pump and a …
Read More »Gold slides on stronger USD, higher T-yields
The Gold Index has suspended two successive days of gains and retreats towards the 20-DMA after bouncing off the 200-DMA amidst a sour market sentiment during the current trading session as US traders come back from a three-day weekend with positive attitude towards the US dollar and US Treasury yields. …
Read More »BoC’s Hawkish Hike Anticipated By Six Major Banks
The Bank of Canada will announce its interest rate decision on Wednesday, June 1 and as financial markets get closer to the release time, expectations were published as forecast by the economists and researchers of six major banks, regarding the upcoming policy decision announcement. The Bank of Canada is expected …
Read More »EU diplomat: Bloc agrees to ban 90% of Russian oil imports by end of 2022
EU leaders are meeting for an off-schedule summit with some progress regarding Russian sanctions. The EU Council President Charles Michel said the officials have agreed to ban the export of Russian oil to the EU. According to Michel, the EU ”agrees to de-swifting the largest Russian bank Sberbank, banning 3 …
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