Oil prices rose on Wednesday, June 16, while the price of Brent crude rose for the fifth consecutive session, as sentiment improved on the back of falling inventories and a recovery in demand after the Coronavirus pandemic. Brent crude rose 47 cents, or 0.6%, to $ 74.46 a barrel, the …
Read More »US Retail Sales Decline by 1.3% to $620.2 Billion
Retail Sales in the US fell by 1.3% to $620.2 billion in May following April’s expansion of 0.9% (revised from 0%), the data published by the US Census Bureau revealed on Tuesday. This reading came in weaker than the market expectation for a decrease of 0.8%.
Read More »Breaking: The Euro Settles Below The 1.2170 Support Level And Continues to Decline
After the moves of the European Central Bank and the rise of the US dollar, the euro settles below the 1.2170 support level and continues to decline To be updated…
Read More »Lagarde speech: We Are Somewhat More Optimistic About The Outlook Than 3 Months Ago
Christine Lagarde, President of the Europen Central Bank (ECB), is delivering her comments on the monetary policy outlook in a press conference following the ECB’s decision to leave the policy settings unchanged in June. Here are the most important quotes from her speech. “We are somewhat more optimistic about the …
Read More »Lagarde speech: We Expect Growth to Improve Strength in The Second Half of The Year
Christine Lagarde, President of the Europen Central Bank (ECB), is delivering her comments on the monetary policy outlook in a press conference following the ECB’s decision to leave the policy settings unchanged in June. Here are the most important quotes from her speech “We expect growth to improve strongly in …
Read More »US Annual CPI Inflation Jumps to 5% in May
There were 376,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending June 5, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading came in weaker than the market expectation of 370,000 and followed the previous print of 385,000.
Read More »US: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Decline to 376K
There were 376,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending June 5, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading came in weaker than the market expectation of 370,000 and followed the previous print of 385,000.
Read More »ECB Leaves Key Rates And PEPP Unchanged
The European Central Bank (ECB) decided to leave the interest rates on the main refinancing operations, the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50%, respectively, as expected. ECB will continue to conduct net asset purchases under PEPP with a total envelope of €1,850 billion …
Read More »Canada: Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.2% in May
The Unemployment Rate in Canada edged higher to 8.2% in May from 8.1% in April with the Net Change in Employment falling by 68,000, compared to market expectation of -20,000, the data published by Statistics Canada showed on Friday.
Read More »US Nonfarm Payrolls Rise by 559,000 in May
the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed on Friday that Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) in the US rose by 559,000 in May. This reading followed April’s figure of 278,000 and came in worse than the market expectation of 650,000.
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