The dollar held near two-decade highs against other major currencies on Friday ahead of a widely anticipated speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at a Jackson Hole symposium. Traders are awaiting indications about the Fed’s monetary tightening plans to curb inflation when Powell speaks at 1400 GMT. The dollar …
Read More »Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech, What Can Be Expected
Noticeably, traders, investors and economists have spent much of this week anticipating Jackson Hole Symposium which has now officially begun. Of course, markets are all waiting for the remarks by Fed Jay Powell which come at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning, Eastern Time. Markets have got some economic data that come …
Read More »After Parity, How Low Could EUR/USD Go?
The chances for a global recession drive the demand for safe-haven assets, and traditionally the US dollar is one of them. From a technical point of view, the US economy has already entered a recession due to posting two straight quarters of negative GDP growth. The EUR/USD pair has broken …
Read More »The dollar is falling from its highest level in two decades
The US dollar retreated from its highest level in two decades against a basket of major currencies on Thursday, as investors awaited the speech of Federal Reserve Chairman (US Central Bank) Jerome Powell in anticipation of recent indications regarding the course of monetary policy. The Australian dollar has outperformed its …
Read More »Will Mega Hike Save Eurozone From Looming Crisis?
The Swiss National Bank imposed a minimum exchange rate against the Euro. Fears are, currently, accelerating of a new Euro crisis is broadly spreading. There are several signals that the Euro is weakening again. This week, the shared currency fell to a new all-time low against the Swiss franc. The …
Read More »Wall Street falls as investors wait for signs of a rate hike
Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Wednesday as recent economic data fueled fears of a slowdown ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s annual conference this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 10.58 points, or 0.03%, to 32,899.01 points. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index opened down 2.18 points, or …
Read More »The dollar is rising and the euro is again approaching its lowest level in 20 years
On Wednesday, the dollar made up for some data losses and rebounded towards recent peaks, while the euro remained under pressure amid growing recession fears fueled by a potential energy supply crisis. The dollar took a breather after disappointing surveys of the US manufacturing and service sectors revealed on Tuesday, …
Read More »Kuwaiti Oil Minister says his country has increased oil production in line with OPEC +
On Wednesday, Kuwait’s official news agency said, citing the oil minister, that the country had increased crude oil production to 2.811 million b/d in line with the OPEC+ agreement. The minister added that years of underinvestment have resulted in spare capacity being extremely limited globally and that Kuwait will continue …
Read More »Factories Impacted Most By UK Slowdown As Sterling Struggles
The British pound fell to its lowest since mid-July against the dollar yesterday as soaring energy and a summer of strikes highlighted the UK cost of living crisis and intensified fears for more economic slowdown.last Friday, amid worries around Britain’s hot inflation and declining economy, the sterling recorded its biggest …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Is Taming Oil Backwardation
Analysts have warned that failure to reach a deal concerning crude oil output would mean that oil will continue to act as a runaway train, as even slowing demand growth would still also continue to squeeze the world’s spare capacity. Oil prices rallied on Tuesday while Saudi Arabia is warning …
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