Economic Report

U.S. Treasury bond yields leveled up on Monday, after falling below 1.3% last week, amid anticipation for economic data and more indicators that can reveal the progress on the road to recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic. In addition, investors await the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony before Congress on …

The dollar stabilized against most currencies on Monday, as investors were cautiously overwhelmed by pandemic concerns, while they also awaited more indications of a global economic recovery before taking their next steps. With the market highly sensitive to any talk of an early easing of stimulus, US inflation data will …

The past week was full of events, the week began with a public holiday in the United States on Independence Day, and then the events started to follow. Take a comprehensive look at this weekly report. Wall Street The three major US stock indexes rose to unprecedented levels at the …

The United States Federal Reserve presented its semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to Congress on Friday. The report pointed to the progress in vaccination against the coronavirus (COVID-19) and how it has helped a rebound in growth by reopening the economy, with the accommodative monetary and fiscal policy. Nevertheless, the pandemic …

The movement of the US dollar stabilized against other major currencies, during trading at the end of the week on Friday. Thus, the DXY dollar index is trading above 92.00 points for the second week in a row, with the current week ending slightly lower compared to last week. The …

A recent report has warned against the rising number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and fatalities, despite the improvement that is mostly attributed to the wide rollout of vaccines. Experts in the Yale School of Public Health and the Commonwealth Fund believe that without a vaccination program, there would have been …

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) June meeting showed participants focused on data showing lower employment growth and higher inflation readings than had been expected. The median expectation is that the Federal Reserve will begin tapering its asset purchases in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, before ending …

According to Russian news agency TASS, OPEC+ producers will not be holding a meeting this week to break the impasse in the output strategy. “This week will be difficult. Negotiations are in progress, and there are no signs yet that the meeting will take place this week. The problem remains …

The euro traded near a three-month low against the dollar on Wednesday after German data raised doubts about the strength of the economic recovery, while the US currency awaited the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting. The single European currency was trading at $1.1820, after touching a three-month low …

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) began the week with a mixed performance, following a long weekend at Wall Street due to the Independence Day holiday. While the Dow and the S&P indices finished lower, th Nasdaq achieved modest gains to close at a new record high. The Dow Jones …