Oil has jumped by nearly $3 a barrel on Tuesday on expectations that Wednesday’s OPEC+ meeting could decide a large cut in crude output as the retreating US dollar made oil purchases cheaper.OPEC+ will consider output cut on Wednesday’s meeting. The move could put supply under pressure while the energy …
Read More »USD is falling and the markets are taking a breath
The dollar fell on Tuesday as US Treasury yields stopped rising after a wave of increases, which provided an opportunity for stock markets and helped the euro and pound to catch a breath and recover from multi-year lows. The Australian dollar was also eye-catching, as it fell by about one …
Read More »Is GBP/USD Able To Extend Recovery?
In a striking twist of incidents, the UK government announced on Monday a U-turn of its latest expensive and unfunded tax cut policy. After the Bank of England’s intervention last week to calm the bond market, the British pound rallied and was able to consolidate for a while.While the Prime …
Read More »Pound rises as the tax cut plan is abandoned and Yen declines
The pound rose on Monday after Britain announced a plan to scrap the country’s highest income tax rate, while the yen slipped from the 145 level against the dollar. And sterling touched $ 1,128, after media reports that the plan was reversed, the highest rate of the currency since September …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, September 26-30
The dollar fell last week, as commodity bulls took some breathing; However, this decline was short-lived, as the dollar jumped again to its highest level in 20 years. The dollar’s rise to a high of 112 from a one-week low came, moving back towards levels not seen since May 2002, …
Read More »Fed policymakers united on combating inflation
The Fed’s Vice Chair Lael Brainard, on Friday, stressed that any rate cut would be premature. Brainard added her full support of US central bank’s higher for longer plan for interest rates to combat inflation that new data shows is still at more than three times as much as the …
Read More »The euro and sterling rise at the calm end of a volatile week
The euro and the British pound rose to a one-week high on Friday, bolstered by moves from the Bank of England to reassure the markets and indications that the European Central Bank is tightening monetary policy as foreign exchange markets regained some calm at the end of a volatile week. …
Read More »UK increases fears of contagion risk across markets
Intense market volatility in the UK escalated recession risks and global contagion fears. The gold market is one clear example, as it is cautiously observing the developments as prices rise from 2.5-year lows.UK market’s decline continues one day after the BoE intervened in the gilt market via an emergency bond-buying …
Read More »Pound and Euro falls ahead of inflation data
The British pound and the euro fell on Thursday, while the dollar rose as the relief over the Bank of England’s intervention in the bond markets faded. Investors are awaiting German inflation data. On Wednesday, the British currency jumped to its highest level since mid-June after the Bank of England …
Read More »Why has US dollar been slammed during US session?
US treasury yield fell, on Wednesday, after climbing to the highest since January 2008. The yield on the US 10-year note was last seen down 24.2 basis points to 3.705%, after earlier touching 4.01%, the first rise above 4% in nearly 15 years while money markets girded for higher interest …
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