Wall Street banks constitute the majority of companies involved in communications and record-keeping investigations conducted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Banks have collectively been fined or have set aside more than $1 billion to cover regulatory penalties. This is why asset managers are …
Read More »Fed determined to return inflation to target
Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin reiterated on Friday that the Fed will do what it takes to return inflation target but acknowledged that this will not happen immediately. The US Dollar Index edged higher on these comments and was surging 0.45% on a daily basis at 107.97.“We are starting to …
Read More »Canada: Retail Sales rise by 1.1% in June
Retail Sales in Canada rose by 1.1% on a monthly basis in June following May’s increase of 2.3% (revised from 2.2%), the data published by Statistics Canada revealed on Friday. This reading came in better than the market expectation for a growth of 0.3%. Further detail of the publication revealed …
Read More »Euro and Pound fell to their lowest level in a month
The euro and the pound sterling fell to a one-month low against the US dollar on Friday, as investors worried about a further slowdown in global economic growth after US central bank officials reiterated the need to raise interest rates. The dollar index rose 0.2 percent to 107.69, after earlier …
Read More »European stocks fall on recession fears
European shares fell on Friday, heading for a weekly loss on fears that monetary policy tightening, inflationary pressures and an energy crisis could push the global economy into recession. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.3 percent by 0721 GMT. Travel stocks led the declines. Among the stocks that …
Read More »Gold falls to its lowest level in 3 weeks
Gold prices fell to a three-week low on Friday, as a stronger dollar and expectations of a US Federal Reserve interest rate hike dented the yellow metal’s allure. By 0451 GMT, spot gold fell 0.3 percent to $1,752.89 an ounce, after falling to its lowest since July 28 at $1,751.01 …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Thursday, August 18
The US dollar has strengthened all along US trading hours as best performer. Market players assessed several encouraging US macroeconomic readings that suggest the economy has a good chance to avoid recession, despite technically being in.Economic DataEconomic data refers to Initial Jobless Claims declining to 250,000, below expectations, Philly Fed …
Read More »Finance Ministry: Germany’s economic outlook looks gloomy
The economic outlook for Europe’s largest economy looks gloomy due to soaring energy prices and supply chain disruptions according the Finance Ministry’s August monthly report, published early Friday.Given the early Asian session’s inaction, EUR/USD fails to react to the news and was last seen around the one-month low flashed the …
Read More »Will EUR/USD retouch parity ahead of the weekend?
The EUR/USD slides below the 1.0100 figure for the first time since July 27, as EUR sellers eye a daily close below 1.0096, which could pave the way for retesting the parity level. At the time of writing, the EUR/USD is trading at 1.0089, well below its opening price, after …
Read More »Fed’s Bullard Favours 0.75 Percentage Point Rate Hike In September
St. Louis Fed Governor, James Bullard said, on Thursday, that he is not prepared to assume that inflation surge has peaked in the United States.Markets have generally surged as investors price in a soft landing for the US economy and the end of peak inflation. But once the US dollar …
Read More »