Daily Economic Reports

Dow Jones futures fell slightly overnight, while S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures lost some ground. For the second straight in a row, the major indexes tried to rebound but were pulled lower with sharp losses, extending the stock market correction.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9% in Thursday’s stock …

The dollar fell on Thursday as the rally in US Treasury yields stalled this week, while commodity-linked currencies such as the Canadian and Australian dollars rose amid rising commodity prices and optimism about global economic growth. The euro and sterling rose gradually to catch a breath after they suffered the …

The GBP/USD pair is trading at 1.3627 and higher by 0.24% after rising from a low of 1.3585 to a high of 1.3648. Besides domestic drivers, the sterling has benefitted from a pullback in US yields and the US dollar. US Treasury yields are retreating from near two-year highs on …

Oil prices rose on Wednesday for the fourth consecutive day after a pipeline fire from Iraq to Turkey briefly halted supplies, raising concerns about an already-existing outlook for near-term tightness. Brent crude futures rose 48 cents, or 0.6 percent, to $ 87.99 a barrel by 1245 GMT, after rising 1.2 …

The Federal Open Market Committee meets for the first time in 2022 on 25-26 January. FOMC meeting comes at a critical time as far as US inflation is concerned.With headline consumer price index reaching 7% year-over-year; reflecting increases in a wide range of major categories, and unemployment moving below 4%, …

The US dollar fell somewhat on Monday as traders believed the US Federal Reserve’s rate hike steps had already been absorbed while the euro retreated from Friday’s two-month high. The Chinese central bank’s sudden cut in key lending rates has highlighted the bank as a tweeter out of the fray …

Gold retreats for the second straight day as worse than expected US economic data dominated news headlines; US retail sales dropped the most in 10-months and the US 10-year T-bond yield hits 1.771%, weighing on the non-yielding metal.The precious metal slips for the second-consecutive day amid dismal US economic data …

The US dollar fell on Friday for the fourth session in a row, hitting its lowest level in more than two months, as investors took the view that most of the recent tightening tendency from the US central bank was already factored in. On Friday, the dollar index fell 0.2 …

Global Central Banks Start Turning Off Cash TapsAs speculation grows about when the US Federal Reserve will begin reducing the size of its balance sheet, some analysts say the era of “quantitative tightening” has already started and “quantitative easing” is over.Central bank balance sheets have ballooned since the pandemic struck …

The US dollar index settled near its lowest level in two months during Thursday’s trading, after inflation data revealed that it had recorded its highest level in nearly forty years. The US consumer price index rose 7% year-on-year in December, the fastest pace since 1982. However, US President Joe Biden …