Over the past ten years, China has witnessed the largest infrastructure boom in history, making it one of the key factors in the Asian country’s economic expansion. However, businesses who took out loans to support the development boom are now under unheard-of debt strain. The future of China’s whole economy …
Read More »Fed chair could lay the groundwork for a new era of higher interest rates
President Jerome Powell is expected to deliver new monetary policy cues later this week, but while many aren’t expecting the Fed chief’s remarks to be laced with the ‘pain’ warning from last year, there are concerns that he may raise the prospect of higher longer-term interest rates. According to Goldman …
Read More »Fed’s Collins suggests US central bank can hold steady
Susan Collins of the Fed indicated on Thursday that the US central bank may be in a position where it doesn’t need to hike rates once more, while she left the door open for further action. These remarks had no immediate response from the US Dollar Index, which was last …
Read More »The Turkish Central Bank raises interest by 750 basis points
The Central Bank of Turkey raised the main interest rate “repo” by 750 basis points to 25%, which shocked the markets that were priced at a hike of only 250 basis points, which pushed borrowing costs to their highest levels since January 2004. The central bank’s decision to raise interest …
Read More »Gold reaches its highest level in two weeks as Treasury yields decline
Gold prices rose to their highest levels in two weeks on Thursday, as a decline in the dollar and Treasury yields increased the appetite of investors for bullion, as they awaited clues about the path of interest rates during a meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole. And by 0629 …
Read More »What is a BRICS currency?
In a bid to lessen their sensitivity to changes in the dollar exchange rate, Brazil’s president called on the BRICS countries to establish a single currency for trade and investment between one another on Wednesday.At the Johannesburg BRICS conference, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva proposed the idea. Given the variations …
Read More »Powell to reveal next Fed steps to combat inflation
Fed Chair Jerome Powell is expected to outline the final steps the US central bank could implement in the framework of the ongoing campaign to tame inflation during his speech at Jackson Hole Symposium. Powell’s speech comes as policymakers enter the most difficult stage of the fight against inflation, calibrating …
Read More »Slowdown woes, surging US inventories drag WTI to four-week low
As a result of waning worldwide economic activity, as shown by the S&P worldwide PMIs, WTI crude oil declined to $77.68 per barrel, down 0.54%, before improving to $79.01 at the time of writing. While oil stockpiles decline by 6.1 million barrels, US petrol inventories increase by 1.5 million barrels, …
Read More »AUD/USD rises past 0.6450 amid US dollar’s weakness
The AUD/USD pair sets a third consecutive day of gains, rising more than 0.60% towards 0.6470. PMIs from August from the US and Australia came in lower than expected.Dovish bets on the Fed are applying pressure on the USD. The AUD/USD gained traction in Wednesday’s session, driven by a weaker …
Read More »Jackson Hole: Market overreacts?
US equities are trading higher on Wednesday as lower 10-year US Treasury yields aid long-term technology sectors thrive. The 10bps drop in 10-year yields is likely due to investors dialling back some of the recent build-up in growth expectations that saw yields climb to the highest levels since the Great …
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