Economic Report

Markets are looking forward to Wednesday’s decision on interest rates by Bank of Canada, and it is widely expected that the Bank of Canada will leave the interest rate unchanged (0.25%). reduce weekly asset purchases to $2 billion Here are the expectations as forecast by the economists and researchers of …

The US dollar rose Wednesday, July 14 to touch a three-month high against the euro and hit a one-week high against the Japanese yen, after rising US inflation spurred bets for a faster monetary tightening than Fed officials have indicated so far. The New Zealand dollar jumped more than 1% …

The U.S. Dollar (USD) rose on Tuesday across the board, following the release of June’s inflation reading that showed an increase in consumer prices that exceeded market expectations. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped by 5.4% on an annual basis last month, compared with a 5% increase in May, according …

Crude oil inventories in the United States are expected to further drop, with official data due on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA). Last week, data showed that U.S. oil stockpiles declined for the seventh consecutive week by 6.866 million barrels. A drop that exceeded …

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 …