Daily Economic Reports

Markets await the presidential debate in the United States between Trump and Biden, scheduled for Tuesday, September 29. The debate will occur on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning for European time, meaning we may not feel the market affected until later on Wednesday. FT’s polls indicate Biden is on track …

Britain’s public borrowing increased again in August, reaching a new record high, driven by massive spending to combat the Coronavirus pandemic, with the budget deficit since the start of the current tax year surpassing its full-year peak during the global financial crisis. The government has now borrowed 173.7 billion pounds …

The dollar settled below its recent two-month high, and riskier currencies erased some of their weekly losses, while stock markets received a boost from hopes of resuming talks on fiscal stimulus in the United States. The dollar is moving towards achieving its best weekly performance since early April, driven by …

Gold prices rose, as the dollar fell and hopes for more stimulus measures in the United States re-emerged, but the yellow metal is on the path to post its biggest weekly decline since August. Spot gold rose 0.3% to $ 1873.83 an ounce. But prices are down about 4% a …

Oil prices have retreated, and are heading towards a weekly decline due to growing concerns that fuel demand will be affected by a new large-scale rise in cases of coronavirus, as well as some concern about a possible return of exports from Libya. Brent crude fell four cents to $ …

Gold fell Thursday, September 24th, to its lowest level in more than two months, on dollar’s rally, while investors were concerned about the uncertainty surrounding additional stimulus measures to support the slowing economic recovery in the United States. This fell gold in immediate transactions 0.7% to 1851.51 dollars an ounce …

The euro fell to its lowest level in two months, Wednesday, September 23, after positive economic data from the United States and concerns about the second wave of Coronavirus infections combined with weak European indicators to support the rise of the dollar. The US currency rose to $ 1.1671 against …

Oil prices fell by more than 1% on Wednesday, September 23, after data reported that US crude inventories rose unexpectedly, renewing concerns about fuel demand, which caused heavy selling earlier in the week. By 0641 GMT, Brent crude futures fell 33 cents, or 0.8%, to $ 41.39 a barrel. US …

Gold prices rose and on track to achieve gains for the second week in a row thanks to the weak dollar as weak jobs data in the United States negatively affected hopes for the economic recovery. Gold rose in spot trading 0.6% to 1953.70 dollars an ounce with the opening …

The dollar held on to narrow trading ranges. Still, it was heading towards a weekly loss against the major counterpart currencies, after negative data cast doubt on the economic outlook, while positive comments from the Minister of Finance in New Zealand helped support the country’s currency. The dollar gave up …