Crude oil prices hit two-month highs on Wednesday on the back of tight supply as crude inventories in the United States fell to their lowest since 2018, and as the US dollar weakened and concerns eased about the Omicron coronavirus variant.US crude inventories retreated by 4.6 million barrels last week …
Read More »Biden: US Making Progress On Still-Rising Inflation
US President Biden on Wednesday has insisted that his administration is “making progress” on inflation, despite data showing it continued to grow last month for an annual jump of 7 percent, the highest increase since 1982.The White House highlighted falling fuel costs in December and lower overall monthly increase of …
Read More »US Government Budget Deficit Sharply Narrows More Than Expected
The US budget deficit sharply narrowed to USD 21.3 billion in December 2021, compared with a USD 143.5 billion gap in the same period last year and market expectations of a USD 25 billion gap. Outlays increased 3.7 percent to USD 508.04 billion, while receipts soared 40.6 percent to USD …
Read More »US Reports Sudden Drop In Leisure, Hospitality Spending Over Omicron
According to the Fed’s Beige Book, a report on current economic conditions in each of the 12 Federal districts, most districts experienced a sudden pullback in leisure and travel spending, as well as hotel occupancy and patronage at restaurants as the number of Covid-19 Omicron infections rose. Additional Takeaways: “Contacts …
Read More »Fed’s Mester: Rate Increases Depending On Economy
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said in an interview with the WSJ that, depending on what happens with the economy, some of the rate increase further out may need to be moved forward. Additional Remarks:“There are many things pushing up inflation now, including supply chain issues and …
Read More »US Dollar Sinks After CPI Data
The US Dollar has dropped 30 pips across the board, meanwhile, commodities have jumped, Treasury yields have fallen and the dollar is under broad pressure following the CPI report.The price move is a little tough to square with the data. The numbers were broadly in-line with the consensus, if not …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 11 January
The US dollar sharply fell on Tuesday, following remarks by US Fed Chair Jerome Powell. In the hearing before the Senate on the occasion of his re-nomination for a second term, the US central bank Chief mixed hawkish view of the economy with watchful approach to the federal balance sheet …
Read More »What Impact Will December CPI Data Have On Risky Assets?
Will CPI data confirm US highest Inflation in 4-Decades? This is only one of several persistent questions raised by traders who are awaiting the important economic data as tighter Fed monetary policy could subject risky assets from stocks to cryptocurrencies to more downward pressure.Bitcoin traders generally bet that the largest …
Read More »Dubai TV Interview, 10 January 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46lVs1tbZiA&feature=emb_titleSpeaking to Dubai TV, Director of Research and Development at Noor Capital and member of the American Association of Professional Technical Analysts, commented on the most important developments in the financial markets during the first week of the new year 2022.Hashad commented on the most prominent issues in global markets …
Read More »US Economic Optimism Tumbles As Investors Become Gloomier
Optimism on the US economy dived to an 18-month low as omicron infection levels exploded in addition to the hot inflation hitting unprecedented highs according to the latest IBD/TIPP Poll.The major shift came among investors, who are suddenly feeling more bearish about the US economic scene than they have been …
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