Ahead of Friday’s European Union (EU) summit, Italian Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri reiterated the country’s support for the new recovery fund worth 750B euros. Adding that they will try not to modify the overall amount or the breakdown between grants and loans to try and achieve that goal.As mentioned before, …
Read More »US Jobless Claims Register 1.3 M in Week
A total of 1.3 million people have filed for unemployment benefits in the United States last week, according to data by the US Department of Labor on Thursday. The number beats market expectations of 1.25 million applications. However, the number showed a slight decline compared to the previous week, which …
Read More »US Retail Sales Up 7.5% in June
Retail sales in the United Stated increased by 7.5% in June, beating market expectations, according to data by the US Department of Commerce on Thursday. The growth in retail sales is attributed to many businesses reopening, as restrictions against the coronavirus (COVID-19) were eased across many states. In May, retail …
Read More »Cryptocurrency in a Sea of Red
The cryptocurrency market shook profoundly and drowned in red during the European session on Thursday, and many cryptocurrencies broke through the support levels, while Bitcoin approached the psychological barrier of $ 9000. Bitcoin was at $ 9,080, down 1.3% on a daily basis since the beginning of the day. The …
Read More »US: 1.3M Jobless Claims, Exceeding Estimates
Labor Department data released on Thursday showed that the number of people making initial claims for unemployment benefits in the United States. The reading is slightly worse than the market expectation of 1.25M, but almost unchanged from last week’s reading at 1.310 million, revised from 1.314M previously reported. 4 week …
Read More »ECB Leaves Key Rates Unchanged
At its monetary policy meeting held on July 16th, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to leave the interest rates on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50%, respectively, as …
Read More »Data Releases Today
The ECB rate decision on Thursday just came out. As expected, the central bank leaves the interest rates unchanged. Later today, we will be looking at the June retail sales report from the United States. It’s expected to post a 5.0% rise after a 17.7% rise in May. We will …
Read More »Oil Prices Ease After OPEC + Decision
Oil prices retreated after OPEC + agreed to taper record supply curbs from August, although the drop had received some bailouts from the rapid recovery of US demand after crude inventories fell in. Brent fell 33 cents, or 0.8%, to $ 43.46 a barrel, with WTI down 42 cents, or …
Read More »New Car Sales Drop in Europe
Industry data showed on Thursday that European car sales fell in June compared to last year, although they showed an improvement since May we ease of Covid-19 and lockdown measures Statistics of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) showed the registration of new cars in June decreased by 24.1% YoY …
Read More »Shares Fall in Asia, Ignoring Data
Asian shares and US stock futures fell on Thursday, due to concerns about the trade tension between the United States and China and the economic cost of the Covid-19 waves. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell by 1.18%, while Tokyo’s Nikkei fell 0.74%. Shares in China fell …
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