AUD/USD is consolidating in the mid-0.7100s having nearly hit the 0.7100 level earlier in the session. The pair is on course for steep daily losses amid heightened pandemic fears.A break of 0.7100 could see the pair drop quickly to 0.7000. The pair also tumbled below key support in the form …
Read More »Lagarde: Inflation to Slow From January
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Friday that she expects inflation to begin to slow from January.“We will take action if it becomes necessary, she added, before stating that, under the current conditions, she also expects the Eurozone will no longer need net bond purchases under the PEPP …
Read More »Pfizer: Expects to Develop And Produce New Vaccine in About 100 Days
According to vaccine-maker Pfizer, in case there was a “vaccine-escape” variant, the company expects to be able to develop and produce a new tailor-made vaccine against that variant within about 100 days.
Read More »Why Gold Prices Have Surged?
Gold rose Friday morning in Asia, poised for its worst week in five months on growing bets. The US Federal Reserve will begin to taper and raise interest rates faster than expected to stem rising inflation. Gold futures rose 0.76% to $1,797.80. The yellow metal fell more than 2.8% during …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Drivers – 25-11-2021
US markets were closed due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Markets will work shortened hours on Friday, and muted trading is expected to continue. Economic DataANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence was up 1.4pts to 107.4 on the second weekend of November. Consumer Confidence is below the 2021 weekly average of 108.2. However, …
Read More »USD Continues Corrective Movement
The US dollar’s current slight retreat comes as a result of a corrective movement in the bearish direction after several sessions of surging trend.The US Dollar Index (DXY) heads into the Thanksgiving holiday on track for a third consecutive strong weekly gain. The US economy’s Q4 is shaping up as …
Read More »Turks Switch Savings to US Dollars as Lira Collapses
Turkish companies tap foreign reserves as market access weakens. The Turkish currency was trading around 12 lira to a dollar on Thursday.Turks abandoned their local currency savings for US dollars and other foreign currency deposits over concerns about the country’s faltering economy, propelling the Turkish lira to its worst slide …
Read More »Could Brexit Developments Impact The Pound?
GBP/USD has hesitantly bounced from annual lows at 1.3300 ahead of a short market closure for Thanksgiving as markets eye Brexit developments, with French fishermen blockades now expected Friday.While the pair has been under heavy selling pressure recently, it isn’t yet in oversold territory. Ahead of a five-hour market closure …
Read More »Fed To Kick Off Faster Taper Starting January
The US Federal Reserve will likely double the pace of tapering its monthly bond purchases from January to $30 billion, and wind down its pandemic-era bond buying scheme by mid-March, Goldman Sachs strategists said in a daily note on Thursday.The increased openness to accelerating the taper pace likely reflects both …
Read More »ECB Under Pressure To Unlock Bonds
The European Central Bank is under growing pressure from bankers to lend more of its stash of German government bonds to avert a market squeeze that would undo some of its own stimulus efforts.As the safest debt in the region, Germany’s sovereign bonds are the lifeblood of European financial markets …
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