Forex Market

With some major markets closed on Easter Monday, the US dollar is the clear winner as of late Monday. As the day began, most attention was on growth-related data, with China releasing positive manufacturing production data for March. Still, the news was insufficient to keep investors upbeat.The news on Friday …

Federal Reserve’s officials and policymakers are surely thinking about cutting interest rates, but one important question is yet unanswered: how will consumer spending patterns affect this choice? Generally speaking; higher interest rates would cause consumers and corporations to reduce their expenditure. Stock prices will retreat as a result, and earnings …

Assistant Governor Christopher Kent of the Reserve Bank of Australia stated on Monday that retaining bonds till maturity has no effect on the present balance sheet breakdown. At the time of writing, the AUD/USD pair is trading at 0.6490, up 0.02% on the day.Key Quotes“The outlook for inflation and monetary …

The second quarter of 2024 began with mixed closing results for US stocks, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.6% and the S&P 500 down 0.2%. Although it was off its early session highs, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ended the day marginally higher. As the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield …

The market is supported by optimistic reports on US manufacturing growth in the United States, however, the price of gold slightly rises. The attraction of non-yielding gold is called into question by the increase in US Treasury yields that followed upbeat news from the ISM and S&P Global.Gold’s rising trajectory …

Strong US manufacturing activity and pricing pressures have caused the GBP/USD to decline, which may feed concerns of a sustained Fed policy. Due to holiday closures, the US economy is resilient while European markets are quiet. The GBP/USD exchange rate may be weighed down by upcoming UK PMI data releases, …

Strong US macroeconomic data has been supporting the US dollar, which has caused the Canadian currency (CAD) to lose ground. The Canadian dollar is under pressure as a result of the S&P Manufacturing PMI in Canada failing to sustain the loonie and the oil price stalling close to year-to-date highs. …

On Monday, Turkish stocks experienced a notable increase while the lira saw a slight decline after reaching its lowest levels ever against the dollar following the opposition’s significant victory over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) in local elections. Analysts attributed the AKP’s electoral setback to factors …

On Monday, Japan’s Nikkei index experienced a notable downturn, closing at its lowest level in two weeks, dipping below the 40,000-point mark. This decline was primarily attributed to traders opting to sell stocks to secure profits on the first day of the country’s new fiscal year. The Nikkei index recorded …

After declining in response to hawkish sentiment surrounding the US Fed, the EUR/USD pair is making an attempt to rebound and is currently trading at 1.0789. Stronger inflation data may cause Fed’s Waller support the postponement of the interest rate cuts.ECB’s François Villeroy de Galhau stated that the bank can …