The dollar stabilized against most currencies on Monday, as investors were cautiously overwhelmed by pandemic concerns, while they also awaited more indications of a global economic recovery before taking their next steps. With the market highly sensitive to any talk of an early easing of stimulus, US inflation data will …
Read More »Fed Monetary Policy Report Acknowledges Higher Inflation Risks
The United States Federal Reserve presented its semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to Congress on Friday. The report pointed to the progress in vaccination against the coronavirus (COVID-19) and how it has helped a rebound in growth by reopening the economy, with the accommodative monetary and fiscal policy. Nevertheless, the pandemic …
Read More »The Dollar Index Settled Above 92 Points For The Second Week in a Row
The movement of the US dollar stabilized against other major currencies, during trading at the end of the week on Friday. Thus, the DXY dollar index is trading above 92.00 points for the second week in a row, with the current week ending slightly lower compared to last week. The …
Read More »Rising Pandemic Concerns Focused on New Variants Despite Vaccinations
A recent report has warned against the rising number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and fatalities, despite the improvement that is mostly attributed to the wide rollout of vaccines. Experts in the Yale School of Public Health and the Commonwealth Fund believe that without a vaccination program, there would have been …
Read More »FOMC Minutes Show Inflation Could Remain Above 2% Beyond 2023
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) June meeting showed participants focused on data showing lower employment growth and higher inflation readings than had been expected. The median expectation is that the Federal Reserve will begin tapering its asset purchases in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, before ending …
Read More »No OPEC+ Ministerial Meeting Planned This Week – TASS
According to Russian news agency TASS, OPEC+ producers will not be holding a meeting this week to break the impasse in the output strategy. “This week will be difficult. Negotiations are in progress, and there are no signs yet that the meeting will take place this week. The problem remains …
Read More »The Euro Near a 3-Month Low After German Data
The euro traded near a three-month low against the dollar on Wednesday after German data raised doubts about the strength of the economic recovery, while the US currency awaited the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting. The single European currency was trading at $1.1820, after touching a three-month low …
Read More »Wall Street Begins Week with Mixed Performance
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) began the week with a mixed performance, following a long weekend at Wall Street due to the Independence Day holiday. While the Dow and the S&P indices finished lower, th Nasdaq achieved modest gains to close at a new record high. The Dow Jones …
Read More »OPEC: Still no Agreement
After talks that lasted for two days, the OPEC+ meetings ended without an agreement, as the group’s ministers canceled talks related to production after a dispute that erupted last week when the UAE objected to a proposed extension of production restrictions for an additional eight months, but in return it …
Read More »Oil Surges as OPEC+ Calls Off Meeting without Decision
Oil prices surged on Monday, for the fifth consecutive session, with markets anticipating the outcomes of the ongoing OPEC+ negotiations regarding output cuts. Brent crude futures for September delivery gained 99 cents, or 1.30%, to close at $77.16 per barrel, to log a new highest closing level since October 29, …
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