Nonfarm Payrolls in the US are expected to appear above “normal” once again. That would affirm that the US employment situation remains “hot”, and that the Fed can focus on getting inflation down. According to the latest BLS report, there were over 10.1M job openings, but just 6.0M people were …
Read More »EUR/USD falls from around parity on stronger US dollar
The EUR/USD pair fell as speculation on Fed’s intentions regarding interest rate pace has decreased. The EUR/USD is erasing some of Tuesday’s gains as US T-bond yields are seen rising again, while US Services PMI data, even though slowed, is still at expansionary territory. At the time of writing, the …
Read More »Dollar index resumes its rise after the largest daily decline in more than two years
The dollar index resumed its rise today, Wednesday, after it recorded the largest daily decline in more than two years, pending the release of many economic data ahead of the monthly jobs report expected at the end of this week. The impact of the dollar’s rise – which has risen …
Read More »G7 countries agree plan to impose price cap on Russian oil
European Union member states have agreed to cap the price of Russian oil as they seek to cut Kremlin revenues and punish Vladimir Putin for the Ukraine war. Ambassadors from 27 countries on Wednesday signed off on the proposed cap on the price of crude shipped to countries outside the …
Read More »Oil jumps 3% ahead of OPEC+ meeting on supply woes
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 …
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