US President Joe Biden unveiled his proposed budget for 2024. It contains a strategy to reduce the fiscal deficit by $3 trillion over the following ten years as well as greater taxes on the rich and big businesses.By raising taxes on oil and gas firms, increasing the corporate tax rate …
Read More »Eurozone economy expected to grow, not shrink in 2023
Forecasts for the Eurozone’s economy have been updated by economists. The forecasts for the Eurozone in 2023 have been dramatically improved, going from -0.5% to 0.3%.In the medium term, economic growth will be boosted by lower energy prices, significant government subsidies, and general economic resiliency. As a result, both interest …
Read More »EUR/USD advances, regains some buying interest
The EUR/USD pair is advancing on Thursday, it is also regaining some buying interest to the 1.0580/85 band following two daily drops in a row.The continuation of the downtrend seems favoured for the time being. Against that, the pair could dispute the 2023 low at 1.0481 (January 6) once the …
Read More »US Nonfarm Payrolls Preview: the possibility of a surprise
After Fed Chair Powell’s remarks on Capitol Hill last Tuesday, there is a great deal of anticipation around the impending NFP statistics. Powell effectively stated that if economic data came in far above forecasts, the Fed would raise interest rates by 50 basis points at its next meeting. He emphasised …
Read More »European stocks opened lower, affected by the decline of German Immobilien
European stocks opened lower on Thursday, with German real estate company LEG Immobilien tumbling to the bottom of the Stoxx 600 index on a dividend hold, while investors worried about interest rate hikes continuing for a longer period. Shares in LEG Immobilien plunged 10.6 percent in early trade, with the …
Read More »Turkish lira recorded a record low against the dollar
The Turkish lira, which is prone to sharp fluctuations before normal trading time, stabilized early on Friday after tumbling 4.25 percent to a record low of 19.80 against the dollar on Thursday evening. By 0439 GMT, the lira had settled at 18.9575 against the dollar, the same closing level on …
Read More »Gold rises with the decline of USD
Spot gold rose on Thursday as the dollar fell, but Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments about raising interest capped the precious metal’s gains. And by 0046 GMT, spot gold rose 0.1 percent to $ 1815.58 an ounce, after reaching its lowest level in a week on Wednesday. There …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 08/03/2023
The US economy expanded marginally from January through late February, and price rises persisted widely, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book released on Wednesday. However, businesses said that inflation has moderated and that they anticipate it to do so throughout this year. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York …
Read More »BoJ’s policy expected to remain unchanged
The only significant central bank meeting this week, that of the Bank of Japan, is anticipated to end without a change in monetary policy following the BoC’s rate decision on Wednesday. Nonetheless, there are several elements that might distinguish the meeting event.Hikaru Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, who …
Read More »Fed Beige Book: Overall economic activity saw increase early 2023
The US economy expanded marginally from January through late February, and price rises persisted widely, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book released on Wednesday. However, businesses said that inflation has moderated and that they anticipate it to do so throughout this year.The Federal Reserve Bank of New York created …
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