Forex Market

Data released on Tuesday showed Retail Sales rose in Canada 1.6% in October, above expectations. According to analysts at the National Bank of Canada, the rebound at car dealers helps lift retail sales further above pre-crisis level. Analysts also see October’s retail sales report heralding a strong end of the …

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to make an announcement on whether or not England will go into a circuit breaker lockdown or not within the next 48 hours, according to The Sun newspaper. The UK government has so far resisted imposing new restrictions ahead of the holidays even …

The Euro seemed to take a hit in wake of the day and EUR/USD fell to session lows. The Eurozone Consumer Confidence index fell to -8.3 in December from -6.8 in November according to the flash estimate released by the European Commission on Tuesday. That was below expectations for a …

The Turkish lira jumped from very low levels, which it started trading yesterday, but quickly rebounded after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced measures to protect savings in the local currency from such fluctuations. Under Erdogan’s plan, his government promised to guarantee deposits in lira, sending the currency up by …

Gold prices remained in a narrow range during trading today, Tuesday, as the weak dollar faced a slight improvement in risk sentiment, while the high incidence of infection due to the Coronavirus “Omicron” remains a source of concern for investors. Spot gold rose 0.1% to $1,791.73 an ounce, while US …

Turkish consumer confidence fell 3.1 percent to 68.9 points in December, official data showed on Tuesday, hitting its lowest level since records began in 2004. Confidence fell to its lowest level last year due to the Coronavirus pandemic, before the rally that began in October of this year. A confidence …

The Turkish lira rose 7 percent on Tuesday after a historic rebound of 25 percent on Monday from record lows, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled a plan he said would protect local currency deposits from market volatility. The currency fell and then rose in turbulent trading to record 12.21 …

The US Congress, Monday, approved legislation to raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion, in a move that is described as preemptive to any threat of a federal default until at least 2023. The federal government has never defaulted on debt payments.One Republican and all Democrats in the House voted …

RBA will publish its December policy meeting minutes on Tuesday. The minutes are expected to offer more detail on the discussion on bonds buying and the timeline for rate hikes.RBA officials argue a rate rise is unlikely until at least 2023, but markets are betting on a move as early …

The US Congress, Monday, approved legislation to raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion, in a move that is described as preemptive to any threat of a federal default until at least 2023. The federal government has never defaulted on debt payments.One Republican and all Democrats in the House voted …