Economic Report

The dollar hit its lowest level in nearly a week on Wednesday, August 25th against major counterparts, as concerns eased that the highly contagious delta strain of the Coronavirus may derail the global economic recovery. Risk appetite has improved in global markets since the US Food and Drug Administration granted …

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) continued with a positive performance on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices hitting new record highs. Wall Street is anticipating the upcoming speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole event. The Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting minutes showed …

The British pound maintained its gains against the US dollar and the euro, although it fell slightly in early trading on Tuesday. It maintained its gains that exceeded 1% during Monday’s trading, in conjunction with the recovery of risk appetite in global markets and the recovery witnessed in stock markets …

The main indices of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) finished higher on Monday, with the Nasdaq hitting a new all-time closing high and the S&P 500 nearing its record high. Meanwhile, Wall Street investors seemed more optimistic about efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic, after the Food and Drug …

For the first time since the beginning of last May, Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by value, succeeded in surpassing the $50,000 levels, which served as an important psychological resistance point for the bulls. According to analysts, testing the levels of $50,000 establishes new support levels above the $48,000 in an …

The US dollar fell against its rivals on Monday in a bout of profit-taking after posting its largest weekly rise in more than two months last week, supported by concerns about the global growth outlook, and the main source of investor concerns is the global importance of the Coronavirus delta …

The third week of August was highlighted by the release of the United States Federal Reserve’s July meeting minutes, which revealed that most of the FOMC members see the beginning of tapering asset purchases later this year. With the Fed moving towards policy normalization, the U.S. Dollar (USD) managed to …

Saudi Arabia remained the largest supplier of crude oil to China for the ninth consecutive month in July, but its shipments of crude fell 10% on a monthly basis, while shipments from Russia fell only 4%. According to data from the General Administration of Customs in China, total Saudi shipments …

The US dollar reached a 9-and-a-half month high against its counterparts on Friday, buoyed by concerns that the mutated delta strain of the Coronavirus may delay global economic recovery as central banks begin to roll back pandemic-era stimulus. While moves in the currency markets were much calmer than on Thursday …

Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency and remains the biggest in terms of market capitalization, however, some market experts now believe that Ethereum (Ether) with its recent surge could one day overtake the number one spot. Ethereum will continue to outperform Bitcoin, said Nigel Green the head of a financial institution, …