Gold market is ending the week down nearly $90 from its October highs on renewed concerns regarding the expectations of Fed’s very aggressive stance into end of 2022.The 10-year US Treasury yields traveled above 4% on Friday, while the US dollar index neared 20-year highs after this week’s macro data …
Read More »US banks’ profits slide on negative economic expectations
Q3 earnings and profits slid at Wall Street’s biggest banks as they anticipate weaker economy while investment banking was hit hard, but investors saw a small glimpse of light with some banks beating estimates.Central banks fight inflation which is expected to cause an economic slowdown. Fed raised interest rate from …
Read More »GBP/USD drops amidst UK political row
The GBP/USD pair falls below 1.1200 due to political row in the UK. At the time of writing, the GBP/USD is trading at 1.1177, below its opening price, after hitting a daily high of 1.1366. The British pound extends its loss amid two weeks of chaos around Liz Truss’s mini-budget, …
Read More »Citi: Dollar Will Only Peak When World Slowdown Is Over
The dollar could continue rallying until the end of the global economic slowdown and growth starts to accelerate again, according to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Until this happens, the dollar is the now obvious safest haven, as it offers a yield premium over its global rivals and peers. “What we …
Read More »EUR/USD drops amid deteriorated market sentiment
The EUR/USD pair has erased Thursday’s gains, losing 0.53% on Friday. US Consumer Sentiment improved, though Retail Sales slowed down.The EUR/USD daily chart illustrates the major stalled at the 20-day EMA, which exacerbated a fall towards the 0.9720 area. Key support lies at 0.9700, which, once cleared, could open the …
Read More »Pound Struggles, Truss Reverses Plan, UK Finance Minister Fired
In an unambiguous retreat, British Premier Liz Truss, on Friday, fired her finance minister and partly reversed the tax plan, she previously supported, because the said plan rattled global financial markets, and incited investors’ concerns and fueled a political crisis that still threatens the political future of Liz Truss herself. …
Read More »US Treasury seeks ways to improve liquidity
A regular survey ahead of the quarterly refunding announcements was used by the US Treasury Department in order to ask major banks whether the government should buy back government bonds to improve the market liquidity.“The Treasury is also querying whether reduced volatility in the issuance of Treasury bills as a …
Read More »Fed’s Daly: We will have to be data-dependent on rate hikes
In an interview with Yahoo Finance on Friday, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said that this week’s Consumer Price Index data was not so surprising, noting that it’s a lagging indicator.The US Dollar Index was seen rising 0.55% on the day at 112.87 after these comments.Key Quotes“Today’s retail sales …
Read More »UK Finance Minister Kwarteng has been sacked – BBC
According to the BBC, Prime Minister Liz Truss has sacked British Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng. Reporting on the matter, “The Telegraph now understands that Liz Truss is set to remove Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor this afternoon,” The Telegraph tweeted. “It was thought the PM’s press conference would be held at …
Read More »Oil rises, affected by weak dollar and lower US fuel stocks
Oil prices compensated for losses incurred earlier in the session and rose in Asian transactions on Friday, supported by the weakness of the dollar and the decline in US fuel stocks. At the same time, a row continues between Saudi Arabia and the United States over plans by the OPEC …
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