French President Emmanuel Macron announced EU member states could satisfy gas storage targets, having 92-93% of the storage capacity already filled.Macron’s statements came after his phone talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Markets paid little attention to these comments and EUR/USD was last losing 0.3% on the day at 0.9920.Additional …
Read More »European shares slide as Nord Stream shutdown extends
European shares fell on Monday after Russia extended a halt to gas flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Europe, raising concerns about energy prices and growth and prompting governments to announce emergency measures. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 1.6 percent by 0713 GMT, while the German …
Read More »Inflation in Turkey touches its highest level in 24 years at 80.2%
Data on Monday showed Turkey’s annual inflation rate rose to a 24-year high of 80.21 percent in August, after the central bank decided to cut interest rates unexpectedly last month, but the data remained below expectations. The Turkish Statistical Institute said consumer prices rose every month by 1.46 percent, compared …
Read More »Gold price stability and Fed hike looming
Gold prices stabilized on Monday, after jumping as much as 1.2 percent in the previous session, as cautious investors focused on the path of the Federal Reserve (US Central Bank) raising interest rates after swinging job data. There was no change in the price of gold in spot transactions at …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, Aug 29- Sept 2
The Non-Farm Payrolls report has been the dominant market for the past week. Nonfarm Payrolls in the US rose by 315,000 in August, this reading followed July’s increase of 526,000 (revised from 528,000) and came in slightly better than the market expectation of 300,000. The Unemployment Rate rose to 3.7% …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 02/09/2022
The USD/JPY modestly fell on Friday, after hitting earlier at 140.79, the highest level since 1998. The weaker US Dollar impacted the pair following the official US employment report.gold traded at $1711.40 versus the previous closing price at $1696. Although gold was relieved by $20 rally after the key US …
Read More »Bond Yields Face Pressure By Central Banks
Under pressure from central bankers determined to quash inflation even at the cost of economic slowdown or even recession, global bonds fell into their first bear market in decades.The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Total Return Index has fallen more than 20% from its peak that was recorded in 2021. Officials from …
Read More »Could Gold Price Become This Weekend’s Surprise?
At the time of writing, gold is trading at $1711.40 versus the previous closing price at $1696. Although gold was relieved by $20 rally after the key US jobs data, traders opt to stay cautious because of the generally negative macroeconomic data as well as the current gold’s dangerous technical …
Read More »Bitcoin Price Benefits From Jobs Data
Bitcoin gained 0.8% in the minutes after the US jobs report was released. The weaker growth gives the Fed sufficient cover to reconsider the more hawkish stance at the US central bank’s next monetary policy meeting in September, this, consequently will relieve the pressure from risky assets ranging from US …
Read More »Powell Between Soft Landing, Hard Landing
Fed Chief Jerome Powell lately curbed his long-lived optimism that policymakers can eventually carry out a soft landing for the US economy. But as signs of a recession accumulate, the Fed’s new objective has changed into avoiding a painful crash.Powell signaled that the Fed will adopt monetary policy tightening for …
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