The yellow precious metal price is barely moving although the short term market situation is not in favour of gold.On Monday, the troy ounce cost $1,788. Gold has been rather volatile recently and definitely shows an inverse correlation to the USD.Gold price will fluctuate pretty much this week in anticipation …
Read More »Dollar Strength Keep Gold Under $1800 an Ounce
Gold prices stabilized Monday, November 1 as pressure from the US dollar continued, while investors cautiously awaited the US Federal Reserve meeting after data showed another spike in inflation. The dollar settled near a more than two-week high hit on Friday, making gold less attractive to buyers of other currencies. …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session 29-10-2021
Fresh attacks and partisan row are ahead for U. S. economy as Republicans lawmakers and strategists are capitalizing on news that the economy expanded at a weak pace in Q3 to criticize Biden and Democrats, accusing them of unskilled recovery tactics from the pandemic recession. The U. S. Dollar Index …
Read More »Macron warns of energy crisis global economic impact
French president Emmanuel Macron has warned that an energy crisis threatens the world’s post-pandemic economic recovery. Macron also called for leaders at a G20 summit in Rome this weekend to work together to stabilize supplies.In an interview, the French president also urged bigger financial commitments towards the fight against global …
Read More »Fresh attacks and partisan row ahead for U. S. economy Republicans lawmakers and strategists are capitalizing on news that the economy expanded at a weak pace in Q3 to criticize Biden and Democrats, accusing them of unskilled recovery tactics from the pandemic recession and then piling on trillions of dollars …
Read More »U.S. drillers add oil gas rigs for 15 successive months
U.S. energy firms added oil and natural gas rigs for a 15 successive months in October as oil prices soared to fresh highs, prompting some drillers to return to the drilling sites.The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose two to 544 in the week …
Read More »Strong USD pushes XAU/USD below $1,800 despite lower U. S. yields
The Gold Index (XAU/USD) has slid during the New York session, down almost 1%, trading at $1,782. Earlier in the session, gold reached a fresh weekly low at $1,771 but bounced off the lows to stabilize at current levels.Risk-off market sentiment ignited a flight towards safe-haven assets, but it failed …
Read More »German economy unable to keep up with France
It is Eurozone GDP day again and the just released German GDP data shows that private consumption alone is not sufficient for the economy to keep up with fast growing economies like France.Supply chain disruptions will delay the moment for the German economy to return to pre-pandemic levels as it …
Read More »Polish and Czech central banks in focus
Next week, central bank meetings in Poland and Czechia will be the main focus. After a higher than expected flash estimate for October inflation in Poland (6.8% vs. 6.4%), Poland’s MPC should not go for a 50bp interest rate hike because of inflation.Inflation is expected to exceed 7% in the …
Read More »UoM Consumer Sentiment Index edges lower to 71.7
Consumer confidence in the US weakened modestly in October with the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index declining to 71.7 in October’s final reading from 72.8 in September. This print came in slightly better than the flash estimate and the market expectation of 71.4.Other details have indicated that the Current …
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