On Wednesday, oil prices settled more than one US dollar lower after Russian oil shipments via the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary resumed operation and rising COVID-19 cases in China weighed on investors’ sentiment.Contracts to deliver West Texas Intermediate crude in December closed at their lowest price since October 25, according …
Read More »ECB’s Vice President: Will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to get inflation to 2%,
On Wednesday, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos said the central bank needed to keep inflation expectations anchored. In a report published Wednesday, the ECB said households and businesses were under pressure from high rates, a poor economic outlook and monetary tightening; but government support needed to be “targeted.”De Guindos …
Read More »US Industrial Production Preview
US October Industrial Production will be reported on Wednesday, November 16 at 14:15 GMT and is expected at 0.2% month-on-month vs. 0.4% in September. Here you can find the expectations as forecast by the economists and researchers of three major banks regarding the upcoming data. Citibank “Industrial Production should rise …
Read More »The dollar’s gains fade on the missile explosion in Poland
On Wednesday, the dollar hit just over multi-month lows against most major currencies, as flows supporting the safe-haven currency slowed after US President Joe Biden said a missile that caused an explosion in Poland may not have been launched from Russia. NATO allies Poland and Ukraine said on Tuesday that …
Read More »Anti-OPEC Trend Could Shock Oil Markets
As early as the beginning of 2022, the-then Italian PM Mario Draghi suggested a dangerous idea that large oil buyers could form a new club or sort of forum together and challenge OPEC+. The idea did not take further steps into reality because one obvious problem could not be ignored, …
Read More »Euro and the pound rose after the release of a series of economic data
The euro, sterling and Swedish krona all rose against the US dollar on Tuesday, as traders focused on evaluating a slew of economic data including jobs data in the UK and the eurozone as well as confidence in the German economy. The pound rose 0.6 percent to $ 1.1830, near …
Read More »USD/CAD supported by stronger US dollar
The USD/CAD pair is set to move higher, receiving significant support from the firmer US dollar on Monday. WTI crude is under pressure because Covid infection in China, and this is one factor that is knocking the Canadian dollar. The USD/CAD pair is heading upside on Monday, partly as oil …
Read More »Dollar stabilizes as Fed remains cautious on inflation
The dollar stabilized on Monday after falling sharply last week after Federal Reserve Chairman Christopher Waller said the central bank had not eased its fight against inflation. Slightly lighter-than-expected inflation data on Thursday dragged the dollar down, with the dollar index dropping 3.6 percent in two sessions last week, its …
Read More »What is next after gold’s best week in more than 2 years?
The price action of gold, next week, will look for direction mostly from the US dollar which attains a special standing as the key driver for gold’s ability to continue to this week’s rally.Gold is quickly becoming the asset to watch amid hot inflation as well as when inflation starts …
Read More »GBP/USD rallies to multi-month highs
The sterling extended its gains towards 1.1790s after a soft US inflation report. The US Dollar sharplyfalls during the US session, as the US Dollar Index edged down 1.20%, below the 107.000 mark.The Consumer sentiment reading in the United States worsened as inflation expectations rose. The Pound Sterling keeps rising …
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