The US economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter of 2021 at 2.3%, up from an estimate of 2.1%. The third-quarter growth in America’s total output in goods and services significantly slowed from the first two quarters where growth soared to 6.3% and 6.7% respectively. GDP growth is …
Read More »The Dollar Rises And The Turkish Lira Maintains Its Gains
The dollar rose on Wednesday, while the euro and riskier currencies such as the Australian dollar fell as traders braced for more volatility as well as the consequences of increased infections with the Omicron coronavirus. The Turkish lira stabilized and maintained its recent gains amid highly volatile currency trading this …
Read More »Europe In Crisis, WTI Crude Above USD 71 Despite Positive Data
WTI crude oil battles monthly resistance line after rising the most in over two weeks. The oil benchmark retreats to USD 71.22 during early Wednesday morning in Asia.Crude oil benefited from the market’s optimism to overcome the virus-related fears. Though, the weekly industry inventory report by the American Petroleum Institute …
Read More »What To Expect From RBA’S Meeting Minutes
RBA will publish its December policy meeting minutes on Tuesday. The minutes are expected to offer more detail on the discussion on bonds buying and the timeline for rate hikes.RBA officials argue a rate rise is unlikely until at least 2023, but markets are betting on a move as early …
Read More »Dollar Settled And High-Risk Currencies Decline Due to Omicron’s Fears
Currencies including the Australian dollar and the British pound fell on Monday amid fears that further restrictions may be imposed in Europe to contain the mutated Omicron from the coronavirus. Investors shifted their focus to the potential impact of the rapid spread of the new mutation after the Netherlands imposed …
Read More »Gold Prices Moved By Keener Risk Aversion On Friday
Gold futures climbed back above the $1,800 mark on Friday to post their highest settlement in nearly four weeks. The precious metal’s rise above the key $1,800 level appears to be driven by broad capital flows leaving risk markets and moving into defensive havens such as gold. Gold (XAU/USD) advances …
Read More »Dollar Struggles After Central Banks’ Plans to Halt Stimulus
The dollar remained under pressure on Friday at the end of a week in which major central banks revealed plans to halt their pandemic-era stimulus as the Bank of England surprised markets with an interest rate hike. After a turbulent week, the dollar index, which measures its price against a …
Read More »Pound Surging Higher On Surprise Rate Hike
The British pound has skyrocketed during the trading session on Thursday against most currencies, and of course against the Japanese yen which was not an exception. There has been an overall risk on type of move for the session, and that will help this pair. It is worth noting that …
Read More »Fed’s Meeting Sends Major Signals To Financial Markets
The Federal Reserve sent to the financial markets multiple indications on Wednesday immediately after concluding the two-day policymaking meeting. The US Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that the FOMC had agreed to leave the Federal Funds target range unchanged at 0.0-0.25%, in line with expectations. Moreover, the pace of the …
Read More »Fed Meeting: Forecasts From 4 Major Banks
The US Federal Reserve will announce monetary policy decisions and release the updated Summary on Wednesday at 19:00 GMT. As we get closer to the release time, here are the expectations as forecast by analysts and researchers of 5 major banks. TDS “The taper pace will likely be doubled to …
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