Gold prices fell today as the dollar held on to the gains it achieved in the previous session on the back of a rise in US Treasury yields, while the safe-haven metal was under heavy pressure due to the Fed’s expectations of a strong economic recovery. In spot trading, gold …
Read More »US: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Rise to 770K
There were 770,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending March 11, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed the previous print of 725,000 (revised from 712,000) and missed the market expectation of 700,000 by a …
Read More »Canada: ADP Employment Change Drops to -100.8K in February
Private sector employment in Canada decreased by 100,800 jobs from January to February, the ADP Research Institute revealed in its monthly report on Thursday. On a positive note, January’s print got revised up to -65,800 from-231,200.
Read More »Gold Falling Dramatically
Gold fell surprisingly after reaching its highest level, with severe selling pressure and the survival of trading below 1730, which may increase selling pressure… to be updated…
Read More »Federal Reserve Maintains Interest Rates Unchanged
The United States Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday to maintain main interest rates unchanged at their historically low levels, following a two-day meeting that was concluded earlier today.
Read More »Germany’s RKI: COVID-19 Cases Are Growing Exponentially Again in the Country
Coronavirus infections are spreading exponentially once again in the country, up 20% in the last week, Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) epidemiologist Dirk Brockmann told ARD television on Tuesday. To be updated …
Read More »Italy Announces a Plan to Vaccinate at Least 80% of The Population Against Corona by September
Italy said on Saturday it aims to vaccinate at least 80% of its population against COVID-19 by September by ramping up its daily vaccination campaign. Francesco Paolo Vignolo, the new special commissioner for the Coronavirus, announced a general plan to distribute 500,000 vaccine doses per day, according to a statement …
Read More »Canadian Unemployment Rate Fell to 8.2%
The Unemployment Rate in Canada dropped to 8.2% in February from 9.4% in January and came in much better than the market expectation of 9.2%. Further details of the jobs report published by Statistics Canada revealed that employment in that period increased by 259,000 after falling by 266,000 over the …
Read More »J.P Morgan: Continued high Oil Prices Will Stimulate US Production Growth
JP Morgan analysts said in a weekly note that the continued rise in oil prices is expected to stimulate an increase in US crude production this year. The bank now expects US crude oil production to average 11.78 million barrels per day in December 2021, up 710,000 barrels per day …
Read More »Industrial Production in The Eurozone Stronger Than Expected in January
The European Union’s statistics office Eurostat said today that industrial production for the Eurozone was much stronger than expected in January and revised up significantly in December, indicating that the new year has begun to improve despite the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. Eurostat said industrial production in the 19-nation Eurozone rose …
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