Daily Economic Reports

On Tuesday, the dollar rose to a 20-year high against the Japanese yen, and touched a two-year peak against the euro, boosted by rising US Treasury yields. The dollar index, which measures the performance of the US currency against six other currencies, rose to exceed 101 for the first time …

US stocks ended little changed in remarkably thin trading Monday and Treasuries ticked lower at the long-end of the curve as investors focused on corporate results and prospects for faster policy tightening by the US central bank.The S&P 500 closed down less than 0.1%, after swinging between narrow gains and …

The Russian economy is poised to collapse this year after the U.S. and its European allies hit the Kremlin with a slew of crippling financial penalties over its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Russian manufacturing activity plunged in March, contracting at the sharpest pace since May 2020 as businesses confronted a …

At 1.3069, the GBP/USD pair is attempting to correct the London sell-off that followed the European Central Bank announcements that sank the Euro and enabled the embattled US dollar to bounce back. The pound was caught up in the flows and extended a fall from a high of 1.3146 to …

The European Central Bank ‘ECB’ will announce its decision on monetary policy on Thursday, April 14, at 11:45 GMT. As we get closer to the release time, here are the expectations of the economists and forecasters of 6 major banks. The European Central Bank is expected to leave key rates …

Wall Street Ends Higher, Breaking a 3-Day Losing Streak Wall Street rallied to end higher on Wednesday, powered by a recovery in interest-sensitive growth stocks as investors digested hot inflation data and a mixed bag of quarterly results. Stocks closed higher on Wall Street as investors reviewed the latest round …

The Bank of Canada is expected to announce its first oversized interest-rate hike in more than two decades after hawkish comments from the country’s top monetary policymakers and central bankers and growing signals that the economy is overheating. On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada will announce its decision on monetary …

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as concerns about demand in China eased after Shanghai eased some restrictions related to the spread of the Covid-19 disease, while OPEC warned that it would be impossible to increase production enough to offset the loss of supplies from Russia. Brent crude futures rose $2.98, …

The United States economy is facing several threats, including the war in Ukraine, high prices, painful grocery bills, spiking gasoline prices, troubled supply chains, laggard recovery from the pandemic, and rising interest rates that some economists look upon as a cause of slowdown and a hindrance of growth.Biden’s White House …

Oil prices fell by four dollars a barrel on Monday, falling below $100 a barrel, after countries announced plans to withdraw record amounts of crude and oil products from their strategic stocks and with continued shutdowns in China. Brent crude fell $3.93, or 3.8 percent, to $98.58 a barrel by …