Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers says bank has seen early signs monetary policy is working.Key Quotes”We’re not where we were in July, but we’re a long way from where we need to be.””The bank still sees a path to a stop to a soft landing, that’s still …
Read More »Wall Street on track for weekly gains
US Stocks abandoned an early stumble and rose in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday, keeping the market on track to break a three week losing streak.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 133 points, or 0.4%, to 31,720 and the Nasdaq rose 0.6%.The S&P 500 rose 0.5% as of 10:58 …
Read More »EUR/USD’s other declines possible in the near term
The European Central Bank raised key interest rates by 75 basis points on Thursday, in line with market expectations. The statement and Lagarde’s comments suggested more rate hikes ahead. The euro lost ground across the board after the meeting while the dollar rose boosted by Fed’s Powell remarks. Analysts believe …
Read More »USD/CAD hovers around 1.3110s after Powell’s speech
The Canadian dollar was weakened following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech that indicated Fed’s commitment to fight inflation. The market’s reaction has sent the US dollar higher, while the US 2-year yield, the most sensitive to interest rate increases, climbed.The USD/CAD pair is trimming some of Wednesday’s losses, climbing towards …
Read More »ECB could slow policy tightening in coming months
The European Central Bank raised interest rates by 75 basis points on Thursday as expected. According to analysts, the ECB is to hike 50bps in October, and 25bps at each of the three meetings from December to March, reaching a terminal of 2.00% at that meeting.Today’s decision suggests that the …
Read More »Key takeaways from ECB policy statement
Key takeaways from policy statement “This major step frontloads transition from prevailing highly accommodative level of policy rates towards levels that will ensure timely return of inflation to ECB’s 2% medium-term target.” “Based on current assessment, over next several meetings, ECB expects to raise interest rates further to dampen demand …
Read More »ECB hikes key rates by 75 basis points as expected
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Thursday that it raised its key rates by 75 basis points (bps) following the September policy meeting. With this decision, the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will be …
Read More »European stocks open higher
European shares opened higher on Thursday, ahead of what could be the largest interest rate hike ever announced by the European Central Bank. Mining and banking stocks led the gains. Markets are awaiting the size of the central bank’s increase in the main interest rate. The bank is studying a …
Read More »Gold falls on anticipation of Powell’s speech and ECB rate decision
Gold prices fell on Thursday, while investors awaited comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the European Central’s decision on the upcoming interest rate later Thursday. And gold fell in spot transactions 0.1 percent to $ 1716.59 an ounce (an ounce) by 0609 GMT, after rising by about one …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – September, 7
The US dollar was able to maintain its strong stance throughout the first half of the day, but later, the dollar had to retreat along with the sliding T-yields during the US trading session.Gold fell to touch intraday low of $1,691.32 per troy ounce but managed to recover towards the …
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