Forex Market

Bostic: Fed’s policy rate needs to remain at 5.00%-5.25% range well into 2024Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic stated in an essay published on Wednesday that he still holds the opinion that the policy rate needs to increase to the 5.00%-5.25% range and stay there far into 2024.Bostic continued, “A narrative …

Following the US ISM Manufacturing PMI, the GBP/USD pair moved into negative territory. Despite the market’s optimism on the favourable economic data from China, the pair is seen falling. Moreover, a BoE official expressed more hawkish views than anticipated, which helped boost the GBP/USD. At the time of writing, the …

Wall Street stocks closed February on a noticeably shaky note, raising concerns about the resilience of a rise that began in early 2023. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had a solid start to the year in January, but it declined by 4.2% in February, bringing the blue-chip index’s annual decline …

The Russian ruble fell on Wednesday, March 1, as it lost the support it received from a period to pay taxes, and the Russian currency is still under pressure due to Western restrictions on Moscow’s energy exports, which reduces its foreign exchange earnings. At 07:12 GMT, the ruble fell 0.3% …

European stocks rallied thanks to miners and luxury products on Wednesday, after strong data from China reassured investors fearing an economic slowdown, while a decline in BNP Paribas, the euro zone’s largest bank, limited gains. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.2% by 0812 GMT, kicking off the month …

Oil prices rose nearly 2 percent on Tuesday, erasing losses from the previous session, as hopes for a strong economic recovery in China offset concerns about a US interest rate hike that led to lower consumption in the world’s largest economy. Brent crude futures for April delivery, which expired on …

Gold prices continued to climb for a third session on Wednesday as the dollar weakened, however concerns over US interest rate hikes on the back of high inflation globally curbed gains. Spot gold rose 0.2 percent to $1,831.43 an ounce by 0536 GMT. US gold futures rose 0.1 percent to …

The US dollar managed to recover some of its early losses, but the day still ended unevenly. In spite of month-end flows, correlations were off, but risk aversion was unaffected. As Wall Street ended neutral, the majority of European indexes closed the day in the red.Key DevelopmentsThe focus was on …

The price of the precious metal has eventually stabilized with the US session’s end. Gold was earlier up 0.5% near $1,826.67 after travelling from a low of $1,804 and $1,831 on the day. It is trading at 1826.10 at the time of writing after weak US economic data was widespread …

The US Consumer-confidence index drops to 102.9 in February. High inflation and rising interest rates are making Americans more worried about a possible recession. The reading is the outcome of a survey of consumer confidence that fell to a three-month low of 102.9 in February, signaling worries about the future …