Weekly Economic Reports

The financial markets closed the trading week ending on December 24, with the progress of risk assets, led by global stocks, over the rest of the safe-haven assets, led by the US dollar. Over that week, the main drivers of the markets were the economic data and positive developments regarding …

It has been a big week for a number of major central banks worldwide. Central banks continuing to raise interest rates in an effort to tame inflation, largely dismissing for now the threat to economic growth posed by the spread of the Omicron variant. On ‘Super Thursday’ for central banks, …

Central bank decisions, Omicron developments, and US inflation data were the past week’s highlights. The Reserve Bank of Australia decided to keep the interest rate at as low as 0.10% but left the door open to expectations of a rate hike earlier than previously thought in 2022. It indicated that …

Financial markets were calm last week due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, and investors were cautious due to the emergence of the new Coronavirus mutant in South Africa and the Uk. Gold During the past week, the safe haven fell due to the growing strength of the …

Inflation fears dominated the market this week. Wall Street closed higher Friday, November 12th, driven by the rise of market leaders, as investors shrugged off disappointing US economic data. The U.S. A University of Michigan survey showed that US consumer sentiment in early November plunged to a decade low as …

All expectations that signals by BoC and RBA could push the world’s monetary policy actors to accelerate their own timelines for interest rate hikes, ran into a solid wall with the U. S. Federal Reserve and European Central Bank announcing they would not hike interest rates so fast, though Fed …

Wall Street The US stock market hit another round of record highs on Friday, as Wall Street appears to have overcome disappointing results from major companies to conclude its best month of the year. The S&P 500 rose 0.19% to close at 4,605.38, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.25% …

From Europe to the United States, market drivers ranged from unemployment, inflation-related concerns, earnings and alarming losses to inventories of energy, particularly natural gas. On Friday, Fed’s Chair Jerome Powell officially announced that the U. S. economy is ready for reducing the asset purchases, however, he did not think that …

The NFP report, Friday, crowned all market related news given its impact on the U. S. Fed’s tapering and consequently its impact on the U. S. economy and currency.The Dow Jones Industrial Average hovered around the flatline but finished a volatile week with its strongest gains since June. Volatility returned …

The Federal Reserve left rates unchanged after the end of the monthly meeting of the FOMC and stated that if progress in the economy continues as expected, we may see the start of reducing purchases sooner, as some members of the committee indicated that interest rates may rise soon after …