The US Energy Information Administration’s February short-term energy expectations are indicating a decline of oil pricing over the next two years as well as a 50% drop in natural gas prices. In addition, the production of global liquid fuels is expected to get lower in 2023. Russia and China still …
Read More »Gold price declines despite dollar’s weakness
The gold price retreats on Thursday and is trading at $1867.54 at the time of writing. The positive US economic data earlier on the day triggered the precious metal’s jump to fresh daily high at $1890.21. US Initial Jobless Claims underpinned XAU/USD, though the metal retreated those gainsUnemployment claims rose …
Read More »Treasury yields retreat after rate hike expectations drop
The Ten-year US Treasury yields have declined since the opening of daily trading on Thursday, affected by the decline in interest rate expectations after the emergence of fresh US employment data to denote a direct relationship between interest rate hike expectations and ten-year US Treasury yields. US Treasury yields for …
Read More »European stocks are at the highest level in 9 months
European stocks touched a nine-month high on Thursday, supported by earnings data from companies including Germany’s Siemens and Britain’s AstraZeneca, which helped ease concerns raised by Federal Reserve officials after they stressed the need for more interest rate hikes. The Stoxx 600 index of European shares rose 0.8 percent by …
Read More »Stability of US dollar with evaluation of statements of Fed officials
On Thursday, the dollar hovered near the average prices it recorded during the last period against the major currencies, while investors evaluated the comments issued by a number of Federal Reserve officials, as well as anticipating the consumer price inflation data scheduled to be published next week. The dollar index, …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 08/02/2023
The GBP/USD pair trades around 1.2070, holding on to modest intraday gains. The Euro is one of the weakest rivals of the US dollar. The shared currency is trading at 1.0716 as ECB policymakers repeated their hawkish language. ECB’s Klaas Knot said that headline inflation appears to have peaked but …
Read More »Biden confirms US intention to compete with China, not seeking conflict
US President Biden confirmed that relations with China have not taken a big hit. “We intend to compete completely with China but we are not seeking conflict, as that has been the case so far,” Biden said during a PBS interview late Wednesday.Biden’s comments join the recent statements from US …
Read More »Yellen: Inflation elevated, but encouraging signs do exist
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday “Over the past two years, we have worked successfully to ease supply chain pressures, and that includes funding pop-up container yards and moving several ports to 24/7 operations.”“While inflation remained elevated, there were encouraging signs that supply-demand mismatches were easing in many …
Read More »Bank of Canada’s summary of deliberations ahead of Jan rate hike
An account of the deliberations of the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council leading to the monetary policy decision on January 25, 2023 was released on Wednesday as follows:“Members framed the decision along two dimensions: • whether to leave the policy rate where it was or to increase it by 25 …
Read More »ECB’s Knot: Headline inflation appears to have peaked
On Wednesday, ECB policymaker Klaas Knot said that the headline inflation appears to have peaked, adding that keeping current pace of hikes into May could well be needed if underlying inflation does not materially abate.Knot’s comments do not seem to be helping the Euro gather strength against its rivals. As …
Read More »