The dollar consolidated its gains on Tuesday as dealers struggled to keep pace with the divergent growth forecasts of the world’s two largest economies, but they took little notice of a disappointing new batch of Chinese trade data. Data on Tuesday showed China’s imports and exports fell much faster than …
Read More »Gold loses some luster as dollar rises
Gold prices fell on Tuesday as the dollar regained some stability amid investors’ anticipation of US inflation data due this week to get a clearer picture of the prospects for raising interest rates. Spot gold fell 0.2% to $1933.24 an ounce by 0645 GMT, and US gold futures fell 0.1% …
Read More »European stocks fall under the weight of Italian bank stocks and weak data
European stocks fell on Tuesday as Italian banks came under pressure after the cabinet approved a 40 percent tax on bank windfalls, and persistent inflation in Germany and weak trade data in China weighed on risk appetite. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.3 percent by 0707 GMT. Shares …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session, August 7
The start of the new trading week has been uneven for currencies, with the US dollar falling during the American session. The US Dollar Index ended the day unchanged, remaining close to the 102.00 mark. While the 2-year rate decreased to 4.76%, the US 10-year Treasury yield increased to 4.1%.Economic …
Read More »US bond yields surge after mounting interest rate expectations
Yields on the US benchmark bonds rose as a result of investors’ focus in financial markets on the next batch of inflation data in the United States, as the Consumer Price Index readings appear amid expectations of an increase in the annual reading that appears this week.Pushed by mounting expectations …
Read More »BoE’s Pill: Latest data points to more persistent inflation
Huw Pill, the chief economist at the Bank of England, stated on Monday that there are dangers associated with UK inflation on both sides. He predicts that during the first half of 2025, inflation will most likely revert to the target level. By the end of the current year, he …
Read More »Could Germany fall back in recession on sputtering car industry?
Germany’s industrial production tumbled in June, in large part due to a drop in automotive output. Germany’s industrial production tumbled in June, in large part due to a drop in automotive output.The epidemic and the clogged supply chains have taken a toll on the German auto industry, which makes up …
Read More »Fed’s Bowman: US economy still needs ‘multiple’ rate hikes
Fed Governor Michelle Bowman cautioned that numerous rate hikes may be necessary to return inflation to healthy levels in two speeches she gave on Saturday and Monday.Bowman, a senior Fed official, is pushing back against growing hopes on Wall Street that the central bank could be nearly done raising interest …
Read More »Gold price looks puzzled ahead of awaited US inflation data
Despite caution ahead of US CPI, the gold price rises as the US dollar corrects to US CPI. The imminent release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) statistics for the United States on Thursday has encouraged the gold price to try to recover. The impact of a slowdown in business …
Read More »European stocks decline as investors await inflation data
European stocks fell Monday, August 7th at a time when investors are assessing the potential impact of a US jobs report on future monetary policy moves in the United States, and they are also anticipating important data on inflation from several countries around the world this week. And by 07:03 …
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