Gold is oscillating in a range of $1,915.78-1,949.86 from the last three trading sessions amid positive market sentiment. The digestion of worst-case scenarios amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by the market participants has kept the tone of the market favorable. The precious metal is trading lackluster and is looking for …
Read More »GBP/USD Flat Despite US dollar’s strength
The US dollar is robust at the start of the week, with the DXY higher on the day so far by nearly 0.5% and for three straight sessions.Markets still pricing a lot more than what the Bank of England has guided. GBP/USD is flat on the day and has traded …
Read More »WTI price holds back above $100
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil rose on Monday on persisting supply concerns as Russian energy sanctions are very much on the table following the Russian forces’ civilian killings in north Ukraine. For a fresh high of the day, at $103.82. WTI spot is up by some 4.5% as White …
Read More »Knot: To face high inflation, ECB needs gradual but timely normalization
Dutch central bank head and European Central Bank governing council member Klaas Knot said on Monday that the ECB should act in the face of high inflation and that gradual but timely normalization of policy is needed, reported Reuters. High inflation is not entirely due to the supply shock and …
Read More »US Shares Advances Despite Geopolitical Fears As US Banks Turn More Bullish
US equities shrugged off geopolitical concerns and advanced on Monday amid outperformance in large-cap tech stocks. Recent Russo-Ukraine war developments raise the risk of an EU embargo on Russian energy imports and peace talk breakdown.But major US banks have been becoming more bullish on the equity market’s outlook. US equity …
Read More »USD/CAD Drops Amid Strong Data, Hawkish BOS Survey
Though the latest Business Outlook Survey (BOS), released by the Bank of Canada once per quarter, was broadly interpreted as supporting the case for a faster pace of rate hikes from the BoC in the quarters ahead, its impact on the Canadian Dollar was limited. The USD/CAD pair was last …
Read More »Financial Markets Look for Guidance, Why Does Tuesday’s PMI Matter?
The US dollar has reclaimed 99.00 on expectation of strong US Services PMI on Tuesday. A preliminary estimate for the US Services PMI is 58 against the prior print of 56.5. Nearly 80% of the US economy revolves around services, which heightens attention around the US ISM services PMI as …
Read More »Fed: To Discuss Balance sheet announcement at FOMC Meeting In May
The release of the Federal Reserve’s latest FOMC meeting minutes on Wednesday will be a key event this week. At that meeting, the central bank raised interest rates as expected. Wells Fargo pointed out the importance of the additional information that will contain the minutes regarding the balance sheet runoff. …
Read More »BoC Business Outlook Survey: Q1 indicator dips to 4.98
The Bank of Canada released its latest Business Outlook Survey and the headline indicator dipped back to 4.98 in Q1 2022 from the record high of 5.9 it hit in Q4 2021. The BOS survey was conducted before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a special survey that was conducted in …
Read More »BoE’s Cunliffe: Ukraine Crisis will intensify, prolong inflation surge
On Monday, BoE’s Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said that the Ukraine invasion will intensify the prolong the surge in inflation and tighten the squeeze on household incomes. A drop in demand through household consumption and business investment will, to an extent that is not yet clear, be greater than be …
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