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US job openings dropped to 11.4 million in April from a record 11.9 million in the prior month, signaling some softening in what’s still the tightest labour market in decades.The number of people who quit jobs in April, meanwhile, was little changed at 4.4 million, the Labour Department said Wednesday. …

The Bank of Canada (BoC) lifted interest rates by 50 bps from 1.0% to 1.50% on Wednesday, a move that had been expected by most analysts, with a minority calling for a larger 75 bps hike.

Ukraine’s wheat harvest in 2022 is likely to fall to 19.2 million tons from 33 million tons in 2021, but lower exports will push stocks to record highs, the Ukrainian Grain Traders Union (UGA) said on Wednesday. Ukrainian officials and analysts said that hostilities in many areas may make harvesting …

Gold prices fell to their lowest level in two weeks on Wednesday, but remained in a limited range as the demand for the precious metal as a safe haven helped offset some of the continuing pressures from the rise in the dollar and US Treasury yields. And the rise of …

Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday, supported by a rebound in the auto sector after a report by analysts gave positive expectations for the sector’s profits, but limited cautious gains in trading ahead of the monthly data on US employment in the non-farm sectors. The Japanese Nikkei index rose 0.65 percent …

US President Joe Biden plotted inflation-fighting strategy, on Tuesday, during his meeting with the Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Biden reportedly focused on relentlessly surging prices, with the destiny of the US economy and his own political prospects increasingly dependent on the actions of the government’s central bank. Biden’s endorsement of …

The sterling gains against the Japanese yen, despite risk-off market sentiment that typically benefits the Japanese yen, but the rally in the USD/JPY pair weighed on the yen. The GBP/JPY gains some 0.20% as the Asian Pacific session begins. As for market sentiment, it begins to shift to positive but …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said during a CNN interview on early Wednesday “Inflation is number one concern for President Biden”.Financial markets are digesting Yellen’s comments amid a generally quiet early Asian session. The AUD/USD pair pauses the day-start recovery moves around 0.7180.Key QuotesI was wrong about the path inflation …

US President Joe Biden plotted inflation-fighting strategy, on Tuesday, during his meeting with the Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Biden reportedly focused on relentlessly surging prices, with the destiny of the US economy and his own political prospects increasingly dependent on the actions of the government’s central bank.Tuesday’s meeting was the …

The Australian dollar has slid from weekly highs above 0.7200 amid a trading day with relatively sour market sentiment with negative impact around the end of May flows that enhanced the US dollar while US Treasury yields exhibit some momentum.AUD/USD pair has retreated during the US session, from weekly highs …