Oil prices rose to a seven-week high on Tuesday, buoyed by continued pressure from the European Union to ban Russian crude imports that would reduce supply, and as investors focused on increasing demand after the easing of Chinese coronavirus lockdowns. On Monday, EU foreign ministers failed in their efforts to …
Read More »Russian oil production declines by 9% in April
An internal report seen by Reuters showed today, Tuesday, that Russian crude oil production fell by about 9% to 9.16 million barrels per day, based on assessments of sources from OPEC +. The report stated that the commitment of members of the OPEC + group to production cuts rose to …
Read More »Japan’s Nikkei rises for a third day on optimism about China
Japan’s Nikkei index closed higher for the third consecutive session on Tuesday, as optimism over the end of the lockdown imposed to combat COVID-19 in China, Japan’s main trading partner, outweighed the disappointing financial results. The Nikkei index witnessed volatile trading, before closing up 0.42 percent at 26,659.75 points, after …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – May 16
The US dollar briefly edged higher at the beginning of the week but closed with modest losses against most rival currencies as equity markets changed direction. European indexes closed mixed, but Wall Street managed to post gains. Safe-haven currencies posted modest gains against the US dollar as well.Economic DataThis week, …
Read More »Poll: ECB to hike deposit rate 25 bps in July
“The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to raise the deposit rate for the first time in over a decade in July and bring it out of negative territory at its following meeting in September, despite a 30% chance of recession within a year,” per the latest Reuters poll of …
Read More »GBP/JPY Eases, Eying UK Jobs Data
The GBP/JPY has faded from a two-day rebound near 159.00 as traders await UK data during Tuesday’s Asian session. The cross-currency pair remains inside a one-month-old descending trend channel formation, recently firmer around the 50% Fibonacci retracement (Fibo.) of December 2021 to April 2022 upside.The GBP/JPY pair’s breakout of 50% …
Read More »Former Fed chair warns of stagflation crisis
The former Federal Reserve chairman warned of a coming economic morass in the next decade. Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke warns in his new book that the United States could face simultaneous sky-high unemployment and inflation on levels not seen since the 1970s.Bernanke, who ran the US central bank from …
Read More »European woes undermine demand for EUR/USD
Geopolitically; EU ministers cannot reach an agreement on new sanctions against Russia as ECB’s Lagarde and Fed’s Powell get ready to deliver their speeches on Tuesday, meanwhile the EUR/USD pair holds modest gains above 1.0400, corrective advance could extend to 1.0470.The EUR/USD pair ended Monday achieving modest gains in the …
Read More »GBP/USD targets upside correction
The GBP/USD is higher by 0.17% in midday US trading session, pulling away from the consolidation between 1.2150 and 1.2250 after travelling from a low of 1.2216 to a high of 1.2296 so far on the day. Global growth concerns have been the main focus at the start of the …
Read More »Treasury yields slide on global slowdown concerns
Treasury yields were little changed to lower Monday morning as weak factory data in the US and an unexpectedly big drop in retail sales in China reinforced concerns about a global slowdown.Weak data from China also underscored worries about a demand slowdown, sending oil futures lower in the New York …
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