The pound falls across the board on Friday. The EUR/GBP pair is having best day since March 2020 on the collapsing sterling.After a brief pullback, the EUR/GBP pair resumed the upside and hit levels above 0.8900 for the first time since 2020. So far, the cross peaked at 0.8910. It …
Read More »SNB’s Jordan doesn’t rule out more interest rate rises
Swiss National Bank (SNB) Chairman Thomas Jordan said on Friday that further rate rises cannot be ruled out, as reported by Reuters.The USD/CHF pair edged slightly lower on these comments and was last seen rising 0.42% on the day at 0.9808.Key Quotes “Swiss inflation has risen much more than expected, …
Read More »Danske Bank: Global QT, Weaker China Boost US Dollar
Analysts at Danske Bank forecast the AUD/USD pair at 0.67 in a month, at 0.67 in three months and at 0.66 in six months. They point out the Australian dollar could receive some support from a tight supply of several commodities. Key Quotes:“The persistent global inflation has increased the risk …
Read More »Dow drops 400 points on slowdown, recession fears
US stocks collapsed on Friday and were heading to record another losing week as investors are generally afraid that the Fed’s hawkish stance could lead to an economic downturn.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 470 points, or 1.55%, while the S&P 500 slid 1.8%. The Nasdaq Composite lost 1.8%.Friday …
Read More »Breaking: GBP/USD sinks to 37-year lows
The GBP/USD pair is collapsing from 1.1200, eyeing a break below the 1.1000 mark which was last seen in March 1985. The sour market sentiment, spurred by worldwide central banks’ monetary tightening to suppress price pressures.The GBP/USD is trading at 1.0965, below its opening price by more than 2%, after …
Read More »Oil falls 4% on slowdown, recession concerns
On Friday, crude oil prices fell to a nine-month low as recession fears are sweeping across global risk assets and the US dollar continued this year’s advancement to reach a fresh two-decade high against rival currencies. At the time of writing, Brent trades at $84.72 per barrel while WTI trades …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 22/09/22
Recession seems inevitable as stubbornly high inflation plus the escalation of the war forced policymakers’ hands. Stocks fell, while US government bond yields soared to fresh multi-year highs.Major central banks announced monetary policy decisions following the US Fed’s meeting for September with the Bank of Japan firstly, on Thursday, deciding …
Read More »Gold Keeps Firm Despite USD’s Resurgence
Gold has managed to hold firm despite the resurgence of the US dollar. Gold’s safe-haven appeal is still supporting the price within the familiar daily trading range.The gold price is settling in for the end of the North American session around flat for the day having traveled between a low …
Read More »Oil rises on Russian supply concerns
Oil surged on Thursday during a volatile US trading session while investors’ focus shifts to accelerating concerns related to Russian oil supply and as the BoE’s interest rate hike that came less than expected.Brent crude futures are trading at $89.59 at the time of writing, namely crude price has gained …
Read More »BoE’s Haskel sees tension with government fiscal policy
The Bank of England’s policymaker Jonathan Haskel said the central bank encountered difficulty as the government’s expansionary fiscal policy appeared to place it at odds with the BoE’s efforts to cool inflation.“We are in a difficult, uncomfortable position, frankly, because I don’t like being in a situation where you have …
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