Economic Report

Gold is under further pressure below a key monthly trendline and continues to get deeper in the red territory. Gold prices slumped to their lowest in more than six months on Tuesday, as the US dollar rallied amid growing recession concerns that caused losses across risk assets.Extra fears stem from …

At $1,807.17, gold price is slightly retreating in the midday US session as markets are on holiday. Bond markets are closed on the occasion of the US Independence Day, but the US dollar has seen two-way price action which has both supported and sunk gold at the start of the …

The British pound’s performance is flat during the day, though slightly positive after a noticeably quiet trading day. Weaker UK economic data, high inflation, and slowing growth paint a stagflationary scenario for the GBP.On Tuesday, the UK S&P Global/CIPS Services and Composite PMIs to shed additional information on the British …

The euro and sterling rose against the dollar on Monday in quiet trade amid the holiday season in the United States while risk appetite improved globally. With US markets closed for the Independence Day holiday, markets expected light trading on Monday and major currencies gained ground at the expense of …

Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, June 27 – July 1 Last week, financial markets sent several warnings that global economic growth slowdown is looming and recession has become most probable, however there is no general agreement among market participants on ‘when’ entering into recession could take place.  Gold As trading kicks …

Citigroup Inc. C, +1.91% and Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, +1.91% both report earnings on Friday, July 15, while Bank of America Corp. BAC, +1.38% and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, +0.74% weigh in on July 18. The detachment between healthy business performance and poorly share prices in 2022 seems …

The British pound recovered from two-week lows and is advancing just above 1.2150, after sliding below the 1.2000 mark, for the first time since mid-June, when the GBP/USD collapsed towards 1.1933 YTD lows. At 1.2176, the GBP/USD records solid gains, as the year’s first half is near to end.Worries about …

The Swedish Krona rose against the Euro on Thursday after Sweden’s Central Bank raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points, as expected. On the other hand, the price of the euro stabilized against the major currencies and remained near its lowest level since 2015 against the Swiss franc …

Oil prices retreated by about 2% on Wednesday amid rising US gasoline inventories and worries about slower economic growth around the world in addition to ongoing concerns about tight crude supplies. Brent futures fell $1.72, or 1.5%, to settle at $116.26 a barrel. The August contract will expire on Thursday …

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the day up 82.32 points, or 0.27%, to 31,029.31, while the other benchmarks closed slightly in the red. The S&P 500 slipped 0.07% to 3,818.83, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite inched lower by 0.03% to 11,177.89.US equities fluctuated on Wednesday, after the major averages …