Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that he had agreed with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to establish a natural gas center in Turkey. Speaking to members of the ruling Justice and Development Party in parliament, Erdogan said that Putin told him that Europe can obtain its gas …
Read More »Eurozone final inflation arrives at 1.2% MoM in September
Eurozone’s Inflation surged 9.9% in September, on an annualized basis, according to Eurostat’s final reading of the Eurozone Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) report for the month. The reading missed expectations of 10.0% while against the 10.0% previous. Core figures rose by 4.8% YoY, meeting the 4.8% market estimates …
Read More »European shares rise with a boost from the results of ASML Semiconductor
European shares rose on Wednesday as strong financial results for ASML Semiconductor gave a boost to the technology sector and boosted hopes that earnings season will be auspicious. However, the rise was limited due to the still continuing fears of rising inflation and interest rate hikes. ASML shares rose 5.5 …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 18/10/2022
The United Kingdom seized most of investors and traders’ attention. During London trading hours, the Financial Times suggested the Bank of England could delay the start of the quantitative tightening bond-selling program, sending the Pound up and adding pressure on the US dollar.However, the BOE quickly denied the news headline, …
Read More »Are gold prices preparing for significant leap?
Gold prices are under pressure below a key dominant bearish trendline. The US dollar could find support from the US bond yields that are resurging. Gold is trading at $1,650.38 at the time of writing and continues flat on the day at the time of writing. The precious metal has …
Read More »Fed’s Kashkari: Not ready to declare a pause in rate hikes
“Until I see some compelling evidence that core inflation has at least peaked, not ready to declare a pause in rate hikes,” Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari. His remarks failed to get any major response from the market, may be due to the usual inactive hours of trading, …
Read More »EUR/USD retreats from 0.9880
The euro retreats below 0.9850 after previously failing to hold at 0.9880. The positive market sentiment has acted as a tailwind for the euro.The EUR/USD pair’s recovery from last week’s lows at 0.9635 has lost momentum below 0.9900 and the pair pulled back to 0.9850 on Tuesday’s afternoon US Trading …
Read More »Fitch: More aggressive policy to impact consumer spending in 2023
Fitch says it expects a very strong consumer balance sheet, the strongest labour market in decades to cushion the impact of likely recession starting in the second quarter, of 2023.It is worth noting that the 2-year yield is under pressure which has left the US dollar hanging out to dry …
Read More »Fed’s Bostic: Inflation too high, have to get it under control
Raphael Bostic, the head of the central bank’s Atlanta district has said that inflation is too high and they have to get it under control.“There is a need for stable prices for maximum employment growth”, Bostic added, boosting bets concerning the continuation of the Fed’s hawkish stance during the next …
Read More »What Could CPI Reading reflect about Canadian Economy, CAD?
Statistics Canada will release September Consumer Price Index data on Wednesday, October 19 at 12:30. Following is the expectations by economists from and researchers of seven major banks regarding the upcoming Canadian inflation data.Headline inflation reading is expected to fall two ticks to 6.8% year-on-year, while Core inflation, which excludes …
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