The EUR/GBP pair is exhibiting mixed performance within a 40-pip range broadly ahead of German Retail Sales. A surprise decline in Eurozone inflation weakened hawkish ECB bets. The sentiment of UK households fell as food inflation soared to a 45-month high.On Wednesday, the headline Eurozone HICP was lower at 10.0% …
Read More »Gold eying $1,787 ahead of Fed’s favored inflation reading
Gold price begins December on a firmer standing around $1,768, after posting the biggest monthly gains in 29 months during November. The precious metal’s latest run-up could be linked to the dovish messages by Fed Chair Jerome Powell, as well as optimism surrounding China. Gold buyers are expected to take …
Read More »Powell’s Speech Drags US Dollar Lower
In his first public appearance and remarks on the US economy since the post-FOMC policy decision press conference on November 2, where he warned of a higher terminal rate, Fed chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that it would “make sense to moderate pace of interest rate hikes”.Since the November …
Read More »Fed’s Cook: Time nearing to hike rates in smaller steps
Fed’s Lisa Cook, who before said the US central bank is focused on addressing inflation that is “much too high”, reiterated on Wednesday that inflation is still too high.Cook noted that it could soon be “time for the US central bank to take its foot off the gas when it …
Read More »US Dollar slides on disappointing jobs data ahead of Powell’s speech
The US dollar is sliding lower following jobs data in November that missed expectations before a highly awaited speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The dollar index added to earlier losses after the ADP National Employment reading indicating that US private payrolls increased far less than expected in November, suggesting …
Read More »US JOLTS reading declines to 10.3 million in October
US JOLTS Job Openings discreetly retreated in October. The number of job openings fell to 10.3 million on the last business day of October versus the previous reading of 10.7 million in September according to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics in its Job Openings and Labour Turnover Summary (JOLTS) …
Read More »US: Private sector employment rises by 127,000 in November
The data published by Automatic Data Processing (ADP) showed on Wednesday that private sector employment in the US rose by 127,000 in November. This reading came in weaker than the market expectation for an increase of 200,000. The publication further revealed that annual pay was up 7.6% yearly in November. …
Read More »Gold is heading for its best monthly performance in more than two years
Gold prices rose on Wednesday, on their way to recording the largest monthly increase in more than two years, while investors await the speech of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, seeking any indications on the path of the US central bank’s monetary policy. Spot gold rose 0.6 percent to $1,760.56 …
Read More »Eurozone Preliminary Inflation softens to 10.0% YoY in November
The annualized Eurozone Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) eased sharply to 10.0% in November vs. October’s 10.6%, the latest data published by Eurostat showed on Monday. The market forecast was for a 10.4% print. The core figures steadied at 5.0% YoY in November when compared to 5.0% expectations and …
Read More »The Turkish economy grew 3.9% in Q3
Official data showed on Wednesday that the Turkish economy expanded by 3.9 percent in the third quarter on an annual basis, a rate slightly lower than expected and slower than it achieved earlier in the year, as domestic and external demand were affected by high inflation and the global slowdown. …
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