The People’s Republic of China decided to impose trade sanctions against Taiwan – as it had done against Australia – and targeted the island’s industrial sector, which enjoys political independence despite being a part of China. The General Administration of Customs of China suddenly announced the suspension of imports of …
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US indexes surged, capping the safe-haven dollar’s demand, partially helped by strong Q2 corporate earnings reports and encouraging local data.Commodity-linked currencies, on the other hand, benefited from Wall Street’s strength. AUD/USD trades around 0.6950 while USD/CAD is marginally lower at 1.2840.The EUR/USD pair trades around 1.0160, as tepid European data …
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Fed’s Neel Kashkari has said that the Fed moved too slowly in 2021 in tackling high inflation. He also added that US wages are climbing and there is a risk that this goes into a wage-driven inflation story and that the US central bank is laser-focused on getting inflation down.Kashkari …
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The USD/CAD pair is down on the day as risk appetite bounces on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Sino-US tensions are eyed by traders and investors who also focus on the hawkish comments by Fed speakers. Frictions after the highest-level US visit by Nancy Pelosi, to Taiwan in 25 years help support the …
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The GBP/USD pair falls for the second successive day, as sellers hold 1.2200, alongside a risk-on impulse. Broad US dollar strength keeps the American currency afloat against most G10 currencies.Fed officials hawkish comments boosted the dollar and constituted a headwind for the GBP/USD pair. The Bank of England (BoE) is …
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Risk-aversion came back benefitting the US dollar that is widely considered as a safe haven. US-Sino tensions arose on the arrival of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. Pelosi supports the local government against China’s will.Crude oil prices, on the other hand, recovered some ground and the barrel of …
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A risk-off impulse keeps safe-haven peers rising, as geopolitical US-China frays keep traders more cautious. At the time of writing, the EUR/GBP is trading at 0.8350.The EUR/GBP pair is still maintaining a kind of defensive stance as sellers eye a break below 0.8346. The RSI in the EUR/GBP daily chart …
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At the time of writing, gold trades at $1767.5 per ounce. Gold has been back under pressure as US yields spike, but bulls are eying the $1800 level. There is room for further upside with the 68.2% Fibonacci meeting prior weekly structure around $1,800. Markets are cautious over US-China row …
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Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, joins Washington Post global economics correspondent David J. Lynch to discuss the Fed’s plan to tamp down on inflation and the concerns that it could induce a recession.Key quotesWe’ll be growing below trend this year.We are not in a recession.Haven’t …
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The Euro struggled near 1.0300 and tumbled below 1.0200 before regaining the price level. Prevalent risk aversion keeps traders’ flows into safe-haven peers, including the US dollar.The EUR/USD pair failed to hold above 1.0200, ane could even dive towards 1.0100; otherwise, a rally to 1.0300 is also probable.The Euro remains …
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