The US dollar ended last week’s trading with losses. The dollar index, which measures the US currency against a basket of major currencies, fell to 95.48 points, compared to 97.13 points posted last week. The Bank of England announced its monetary policy decision on Thursday and raised the benchmark interest …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 4 February
The EUR/USD pair posted its largest weekly gain since March 2020, adding roughly 350 pips to reach a fresh 2022 high of 1.1483, to now trade at around 1.1430. The Euro soared following the European Central Bank monetary policy meeting, after President Christine Lagarde surprised market players with her hawkish …
Read More »Week Ahead: Inflation Data Next Focus For Investors After Bond Yield Spike
Fierce swinging in stocks and a sharp upping of government bond yields are putting the spotlight on next week’s US inflation data, as investors look forward to more volatility across asset markets.A turbulent week in markets ended with a surge in Treasury yields to their highest level in more than …
Read More »Latin American Assets Impacted By Strong US Jobs Data
Most Latin American stocks and currencies fell on Friday after data showing strong jobs growth in the United States created room for a more hawkish US Federal Reserve.MSCI’s index of Latin American currencies. MILA00000CUS fell 0.8% and stocks .MILA00000PUS dropped 0.5%. Still, both the indexes were set for weekly gains …
Read More »US Stocks Climb While Jobs Data, Earnings Digested
Investors took the strong jobs showing as a reason for the Federal Reserve to move quickly as it starts to raise interest rates this year. Stocks on Wall Street rose on Friday, as an unexpectedly strong jobs report scrambled investors’ expectations for coming interest rate increases and as the latest …
Read More »Gold Price Stuck Around $1,800
The gold market hovers around $1,800 per ounce and might not go anywhere anytime soon as market sentiment among Wall Street traders and analysts remains neutral to bearish. Retail investors remain bullish on gold.Gold prices are caught smack in the middle of opposing forces as the global economy faces rising …
Read More »EUR/USD’s Bullish Momentum Interrupted By Strong US NFP Data
Strong US labour market data on Friday caused the EUR/USD’s pair to stumble, though not enough to trigger a lasting reversal back towards 1.1400, the fresh data has at least prevented the pair from breaching January’s highs in the 1.1480s. Though the pair has recovered back from its sub-1.1420 post-NFP …
Read More »BoC Likely To Hike Interest in March
Data released on Friday, showed the Canadian economy lost 200K jobs in January, more than expected. Analysts at CIBC point out most of the decline came from industries affected by tightening health restrictions and the numbers should not alter the plans of the Bank of Canada (BoC) of raising rates …
Read More »Canada lost 200,000 jobs in January as Omicron hit hard
Canada’s unemployment rate has surged to 6.5%. Many businesses closed up shop in January due to the spread of the Omicron variant, which resulted in the loss of work for hundreds of thousands of Canadians. Canada’s economy lost 200,000 jobs last month, according to Statistics Canada, as COVID-19 shutdowns related …
Read More »US Dollar Explodes Following Splendid NFP Data
Not only did we get high NFP numbers for January, but we also got positive revisions for the past months. It is not a job market, it is rather paradise back on the financial market’s earth, the USD is trading higher everywhere.The strength of the US dollar manifested itself in …
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