Economic Report

While US WTI slid $3.29, or 3.69 percent, to $85.94 per barrel, Brent crude oil futures were down $3.30, or 3.63 percent. On Wednesday, October 4, oil plummeted by more than $3 a barrel as worries about macroeconomic headwinds’ impact on demand outweighed Saudi Arabia’s and Russia’s commitments to maintain …

ECB’s Christine Lagarde, has cautioned that the United States and the Eurozone should never take the status of their currencies as reserve currency for granted because nations like China and Russia are working to develop their own financial systems.The eighty-year dominance of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency has …

Gold price up by 0.07%; trading at $1823.78 per ounce at the time of writing. The precious metal is looking forward to recovery due to softer than expected US ADP Employment Change data. Job vacancies by US employers were upbeat in August, indicating strong labor demand. However, the US Services …

On Wednesday, the Japanese yen fell slightly against the dollar after its unexpected rise in the previous session, which raised speculation that the Japanese authorities intervened to support the currency. The Japanese currency fell slightly to 149.12 to the dollar in early Asian trading, after jumping about two percent during …

The market’s overall sentiment is affected by worries about potential Federal Reserve moves. On Wednesday, S&P Global will publish the final projections for the September PMIs. The GBP/USD pair encounters sellers around roughly 1.2100 as the USD is in high demand. The pair is trading at 1.2082 at the time …

The US government is on the verge of a temporary shutdown starting this Sunday, October 1st. Once again, Democrats and Republicans in the world’s largest economy are in a deadlock over how to allocate fiscal funds. Looking back, since 1981, the US government has partially suspended operations 14 times. The …

As profit-taking increases and the US Dollar strengthens as a result of rising US Treasury bond yields, WTI crude declines 2.37% to $88.54 per barrel. The demand for oil may be at danger due to worries about the economy’s slowdown, which are emphasized by lower manufacturing data from China and …

Rising US Treasury bond yields and anticipation of further Fed tightening weigh heavily on the EUR/USD pair, which declines to 1.0500, down 0.69%. The Euro is losing value due to divergent economic forecasts that show growing US business activity and slowing manufacturing activity in the Eurozone.With major support at 1.0500 …

In the United States, inflation, as measured by the change in the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index, rose to 3.5% on an annual basis in August, up from 3.4% (revised from 3.3%) in July, according to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis on Friday. This reading was consistent with …

In the United States, inflation, as measured by the change in the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index, rose to 3.5% on an annual basis in August, up from 3.4% (revised from 3.3%) in July, according to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis on Friday. This reading was consistent with …