The EUR/USD pair surged further during the US session and climbed to 1.0614, reaching the highest level in two weeks. The euro pulled back under 1.0600. It is holding onto daily gains, still unable to consolidate above 1.0600.Risk sentiment improvement weakened the US dollar. The Dollar Index is falling 0.25% …

The US crude oil extends its gains to two consecutive days, though it faces solid resistance at the 50-EMA, around $110.33.Western Texas Intermediate records a solid bounce after testing the 100-EMA on the downside near $105.88 a barrel near the daily low and got bolstered late, as OPEC+ has cut …

Producer group OPEC+ trimmed its projected 2022 oil market surplus to 1 million barrels per day, down from 1.4 million bpd previously, a report said on Monday. The said report was prepared for the group’s upcoming meeting of the OPEC+ Joint Technical Committee scheduled to take place on Tuesday.As for …

The headline General Business Activity Index of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Texas Manufacturing Survey plunged to -17.7 in June from -7.3 in May.The latest data missed the market expectation of -3.1 by a wide margin. The New Orders sub-index dropped to 3.3 from 19.8, the Prices Paid for …

The data published, on monthly basis, by the National Association of Realtors showed on Monday that Pending Home Sales rose by 0.7% in May following April’s decline of 4%. This data came in better than the market expectation for a contraction of 3.7%. Despite this monthly increase, Pending Home Sales …

Risk appetite improved during the US session. US shares rallied and closed with robust gains after retreating to bear market levels, meaning losses of 20% or more from all-time-highs. Gold continues for the second consecutive week with losses, down 0.64% despite climbing on Friday. Lower US 10-year T-yields and the …

Today’s hot inflation could be likened to a speeding vehicle down a hill. In order to slow down, there would be a need to push the brakes. In this case, interest rate hikes are more of brakes in this situation, but some major central banks hit the brakes faster than …

The Western countries aligned against Russia face growing economic pain as sanctions and embargoes show little impact and no change on the Russian stance. US officials vowed that Russia’s financial system would be battered if it attacked Ukraine, and President Biden boasted in March that sanctions were “crushing the Russian …

The positive market sentiment discouraged USD/CHF sellers from confirming the double top chart pattern.The USD/CHF pair has fallen for the fifth successive day, though bounced off weekly lows reached during the day near 0.9521, towards the 0.9580s region. The pair is still shy of reclaiming the 0.9600 figure. At 0.9589, …

“We want to bring inflation down without crippling growth and stalling the labor market”, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly, said on Friday. Daly is the latest US central bank monetary policymaker to signal that she is supporting another big increase in interest rates in July in an effort …