Economic Report

Oil prices rose Friday, November 18, with the decline of the dollar, but they are heading towards incurring weekly losses due to expectations that the pace of the sharp rise in US interest rates will not ease, as well as expectations of weak demand from China, the largest importer of …

The yield curve inversion between the 2-year and 10-year Treasury notes deepened to its widest level in four decades. The spread between the 2-year and 10-year extended to a mark of -66 basis points early Thursday, marking the deepest inversion since 1982.In early market action, the 10Y was up 9 …

The dollar was little changed on Thursday as investors digested mixed US economic data, while the British pound rose ahead of the government’s budget plans. The greenback has fallen in the past few weeks as inflation data and comments from Federal Reserve officials suggested the bank could soon slow the …

On Wednesday, oil prices settled more than one US dollar lower after Russian oil shipments via the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary resumed operation and rising COVID-19 cases in China weighed on investors’ sentiment.Contracts to deliver West Texas Intermediate crude in December closed at their lowest price since October 25, according …

On Wednesday, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos said the central bank needed to keep inflation expectations anchored. In a report published Wednesday, the ECB said households and businesses were under pressure from high rates, a poor economic outlook and monetary tightening; but government support needed to be “targeted.”De Guindos …

US October Industrial Production will be reported on Wednesday, November 16 at 14:15 GMT and is expected at 0.2% month-on-month vs. 0.4% in September. Here you can find the expectations as forecast by the economists and researchers of three major banks regarding the upcoming data. Citibank “Industrial Production should rise …

On Wednesday, the dollar hit just over multi-month lows against most major currencies, as flows supporting the safe-haven currency slowed after US President Joe Biden said a missile that caused an explosion in Poland may not have been launched from Russia. NATO allies Poland and Ukraine said on Tuesday that …

As early as the beginning of 2022, the-then Italian PM Mario Draghi suggested a dangerous idea that large oil buyers could form a new club or sort of forum together and challenge OPEC+. The idea did not take further steps into reality because one obvious problem could not be ignored, …

The euro, sterling and Swedish krona all rose against the US dollar on Tuesday, as traders focused on evaluating a slew of economic data including jobs data in the UK and the eurozone as well as confidence in the German economy. The pound rose 0.6 percent to $ 1.1830, near …

The USD/CAD pair is set to move higher, receiving significant support from the firmer US dollar on Monday. WTI crude is under pressure because Covid infection in China, and this is one factor that is knocking the Canadian dollar. The USD/CAD pair is heading upside on Monday, partly as oil …