The USD/JPY pair jumped after the release of the US June CPI to 137.86, reaching a fresh 24-year high. After the beginning of the US trading session pulled back to 137.10. As of writing, it is moving back to the 137.50 area.Inflation keeps rising, so does the US dollar. Inflation …
Read More »BOC’s Macklem: A soft landing is achievable
Following the Bank of Canada’s (BOC) decision to hike the policy rate by 100 basis points to 2.5% in July, Governor Tiff Macklem is delivering his remarks on the policy outlook and responding to questions from the press.Meanwhile, Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers argued that part of restoring the balance …
Read More »Turkish unemployment rate fell to 10.9% in May
Data on Wednesday showed that Turkey’s unemployment rate fell 0.3 percentage point on a monthly basis in May, while the seasonally adjusted disguised unemployment rose 0.8 percentage point to 22.4 percent. Disguised unemployment was declining for most of the past year, after it peaked at 29.6 percent in January 2021 …
Read More »China’s June exports grow at fastest rate in 5 months
China’s exports grew at the fastest rate in 5 months in June, exceeding analysts’ expectations, confirming that China, the world’s second largest economy, is slowly recovering from the effects of the restrictions it imposed to contain the Corona virus pandemic. But imports grew at a slower rate that did not …
Read More »Turkey’s inflationary pressures would continue due to domestic, global factors
Turkish unemployment data was released this morning, and the number of unemployed people in Turkey reached 3 million 785 thousand people, and the unemployment rate reached 10.9%. According to the data announced by TUIK today, the number of official unemployed people across the country decreased by 56 thousand in May …
Read More »Gold stabilizes as investors await indications from US inflation data
Gold prices settled near their lowest levels in more than nine months on Wednesday, as investors awaited US inflation data for indications of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy stance. And gold settled in spot transactions at $ 1725.83 an ounce by 0543 GMT, after falling to its lowest level since …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Tuesday, July 12
The White House memo (noting that US macroeconomic data, including the June jobs report, are not consistent with a recession) was a good attempt to improve market sentiment. The document added that “labour market strength puts the US in a better position than many other countries to transition to lower …
Read More »GBP/USD faces barrier on UK political crisis
The GBP/USD pair has encountered selling pressure after attempting to sustain above the crucial level of 1.1900 which is a steep fall after surrendering the weekly support at 1.1876 and printed fresh weekly support at 1.1807. On the UK front, ongoing political crisis after the announcement of resignation by current …
Read More »IMF cuts US GDP growth projection for 2022 to 2.3%
The International Monetary Fund has cut the US 2022 growth projection to 2.3% from 2.9% in late June, due to revised US data.Key RemarksIMF cuts US 2022 GDP growth projection to 2.3% from 2.9% in late June, due to revised US data.IMF cuts US 2023 GDP growth projection to 1.0% …
Read More »As USD retreats, EUR/USD steadies at the brink of parity
The EUR/USD pair bounces off fresh 20-year lows around the parity area, trimming some of Monday’s losses, as market sentiment wobbles, reflected by US equities fluctuating between gainers and losers, ahead of the US June Consumer Price Index (CPI) to be released on Wednesday.The EUR/USD is trading at 1.0052 after …
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