European stocks fell on Monday in cautious trading ahead of the publication of data on business activity amid concerns about the economic slowdown in the European Union. Stocks posted gains for the seventh consecutive week on Friday, supported by China’s easing of COVID-19 restrictions following protests against the country’s strict …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap November 28 – December 2
The weaker US dollar and risk aversion were in news headlines most of the time during Friday’s US trading session. The positive employment report on the United States suggested the Fed might need to keep hiking rates to ease a contracted labour market, though it failed to reinforce the US …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 02/12/2022
The weaker US dollar and risk aversion were in news headlines most of the time during Friday’s US trading session. The positive employment report on the United States suggested the Fed might need to keep hiking rates to ease a contracted labour market, though it failed to reinforce the US …
Read More »USD/CHF shows passive performance in volatile session
The US dollar has maintained its weak performance on Friday despite the positive Nonfarm Payrolls data. The USD/CHF pair hit a daily high following the key data.The USD/CHF is trimming some of its earlier losses and prior gains in the US volatile trading session, spurred by a buoyant US Nonfarm …
Read More »BoE sells GBP 1.4 bln of long-dated and index-linked bonds
The Bank of England sold GBP 1.412 billion of long-dated and index-linked gilts on Friday, taking to 3.65 billion pounds the total volume of gilts it has sold since starting to unwind earlier emergency purchases on Tuesday.Friday’s sale was the third this week, as the BoE looks forward to unwinding …
Read More »Fed’s Evans expects higher peak rate despite slower hiking
Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said on Friday “We are probably going to have a slightly higher peak to Fed policy rate even as we slow pace of rate hikes,”, as reported by Reuters.Evans noted that policymakers are “on a path to getting financial conditions appropriately restrictive to bring inflation …
Read More »GBP/USD poised for additional weakness on positive NFP data
The GBP/USD pair retreated from around 1.2290s close to 100 pips after the release of better-than-expected labour market report in the United States, suggesting that further central bank tightening will be required.However, after the US employment report, the GBP/USD is trading around 1.2210s, after traveling towards its daily low of …
Read More »US Nonfarm Payrolls rise by 263,000 in November
Nonfarm Payrolls in the US rose by 263,000 in November, the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed on Friday. This reading came in much higher than the market expectation of 200,000. October’s reading got revised higher to 284,000 from 261,000. Further detail of the publication revealed …
Read More »European stocks are heading for gains for the seventh week
European stocks seem to be heading for gains for the seventh week in a row amid easing fears of tightening monetary policy globally. However, stocks fell on Friday ahead of the release of US jobs data. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell 0.5 percent after two days of strong gains. …
Read More »US NFP Preview
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the November jobs report on Friday, December 2 at 13:30 GMT and as we get closer to the release time, here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of 4 major banks regarding the upcoming employment data. Expectations are for …
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