The Bank of Japan (BoJ) will announce its policy decision on Wednesday, September 23 at 05:00 GMT. here are the expectations forecast by three major banks. SocGen “Given that the fifth wave of the coronavirus has begun to be contained, we expect that the BoJ will maintain its current main …
Read More »Canadian Federal Elections: 2019 Results Highly Expected
On Monday, Canadians head to the polls to choose between the Liberals led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Conservative Party led by Erin O’Toole. Direct voting between the two parties is volatile. Still, a repeat of 2019 is likely when the Liberals lost the parliamentary majority and the …
Read More »Weekly Recap: 12-17 Sept
Wall Street US stocks closed significantly lower in a broad sell-off Friday, September 17, at the end of a week a busy week with economic data, fears of an increase in corporate taxes, the mutated delta strain of the Coronavirus, and possible shifts in the schedule for the US Federal …
Read More »Baker Hughes data indicate a second weekly climb in U.S. oil drilling
Baker Hughes, Friday, reported that the number of active U.S. drilling oil rigs rose by eight at 373 this week. The report signals a second successive weekly rise as last week, the oil rig count rose by six so, the total active U.S. rig count, including rigs drilling for natural …
Read More »U.S. Consumer Sentiment rebounds below expectations in September
Consumer sentiment in the United States has recorded a modest improvement in September after sharply falling in August, according to a preliminary report released by the University of Michigan on Friday.The report said the consumer sentiment index inched up by 71.0 in September from 70.3 in August, below economists’ expectations …
Read More »Dollar Near 3-Week Peak After US Retail Sales
The dollar settled near three-week highs on Friday, September 17, after better-than-expected US retail sales data boosted bets on the strength of the US economy and the prospects of abandoning its stimulus program sooner than expected. The euro rebounded, recording $1.1783, but it remains close to a three-week low. US …
Read More »U.S. Dollar Stumbles, Eyes on Fed
The dollar moved near the middle of its trading range over the past month against major currencies on Thursday, September 16th, as traders look to the Federal Reserve meeting next week, in search of indications of when the US central bank will begin to taper. The dollar index, which measures …
Read More »The Dollar Stabilizes Below The Highest Level in Two And a Half Weeks
The dollar settled below a two-and-a-half-week high on Tuesday, September 14th, hit in the previous session, as investors braced for inflation data that may provide indications of the timing of the US Federal Reserve’s policy tightening at its meeting next week. Ahead of the US central bank’s policy review scheduled …
Read More »Dollar Rises as US Inflation Data Approaches
The dollar started a data-packed week on the rise, with the immediate focus shifting to US inflation data, but investors are also concerned that the US Federal Reserve is preparing to exit its hyper-supportive stance even as COVID-19 infections rise. The dollar rose in Asian trading after recording its best …
Read More »Weekly Recap: 5-10 Sept
The US dollar ended the week with gains, following the fear of dominating of the faltering economic recovery. The US dollar index, which measures the strength of the US currency against a basket of major currencies, rose to 92.64, the index fell to its lowest level in last week’s trading …
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