Economic Report

The EUR/USD pair rises, benefiting from the weaker performance of the US dollar following Fed’s policy decision. The Fed hiked rates by 25 bps as expected to 5.25-5.50%, its highest in 22 years, meanwhile, all eyes are focusing now on ECB’s decision on Thursday, expected to deliver a 25 bps …

The American central bank is expected to raise interest rates by another quarter point at its July 25-26 meeting, marking their eleventh total increase since March 2022. This decision comes after investors and consumers celebrated an inflation win in June, with prices rising 3% from the previous year. Core inflation, …

Google’s parent company; Alphabet, reported Q2 earnings on Tuesday, beating expectations on both the top and bottom lines, sending the stock up as much as 6% in after-hours trading. Google ad revenues totaled $58.14 billion in the quarter, better than the $57.5 billion expected and $56.3 billion reported in the …

The GBP/USD has slid for the seventh day. The Sterling has been impacted by weak UK PMIs and the overall gloomy UK economic future perspective. The UK PMI shows the largest month-on-month drop in 11 months, signaling a potential weakening of post-pandemic spending. The Sterling is even seen as heading …

The Standard & Poor’s 500 and Nasdaq indexes fell at the close on Wall Street on Thursday, affected by the decline in Tesla and Netflix shares after the release of their quarterly results, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher for the ninth consecutive day, thanks to Johnson & …

WTI soared on Friday, posting a fourth straight weekly increase as it reached the 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at $76.82. With a 1.89% weekly gain, WTI crude oil also increased by more than 1% near $76.80.On Friday, oil prices increased by more than $1 a barrel, supported by mounting …

As market expectations for future aggressive rate hike from the BoE relatively disappeared post the UK’s dropping inflation, the Pound Sterling kept falling versus the US dollar. The inflated British pound was greatly impacted by the US dollar, which was also participating in an independent surge. As the money markets …

The price of gold has fallen from 7-week highs at $1,987.42 as concerns over the Fed continuing to tighten conditions past the July meeting were rekindled by economic data from the US. As a result, US Treasury bond yields increased, which hurt the price of gold. Earlier on the day, …

The Australian dollar rose on Thursday after the country’s jobs data beat expectations, while the yuan rose after China moved to curb its currency’s decline by loosening a rule for cross-border financing. Thursday’s data showed that employment in Australia easily beat expectations for the second consecutive month in June, with …

Oil prices edged lower on Wednesday, as investors took profits following earlier gains on tighter U.S. crude supplies and China’s pledge to reinvigorate its economic growth.Brent futures dipped 17 cents at $79.46 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude dropped 40 cents at $75.35 a barrel.Prices pared gains …