Gold prices rose on Tuesday after rising US bond yields, supported by bets that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates faster than expected, pushed the precious metal to its biggest drop in six weeks in the previous session. And gold rose 0.2 percent in spot contracts to $ 1804.40 …
Read More »The Turkish Lira is Declining by 5%
The Turkish lira fell 5 percent on Monday, after it witnessed its worst performance in 2021 since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power nearly 20 years ago, with persistent fears of high inflation and unconventional monetary policy. The lira fell to 13.92 pounds to the dollar, after it closed …
Read More »Gold Prices Near Highest Level in Six Weeks
Gold prices rose to a six-week high before giving up their gains and stabilizing on Monday after gold buying, boosted by higher infections of the mutated Omicron strain of the coronavirus, offset pressure from higher US Treasury yields. There was little change in the price of gold in spot transactions, …
Read More »Weekly Recap 27-31 December
US Vice President Kamala Harris defended the Build Back Better (BBB) stimulus plan during an interview on CBS’ “Face The Nation” TV show. Harris stressed inflation and coronavirus as major concerns and top priorities in 2022. “The United States must address the rising cost of consumer goods”, she added.Risk sentiment …
Read More »USD/CAD Slides To Fresh Lows
The USD/CAD pair has dropped to fresh three-week lows during the New York session, trading at 1.2677. The last trading day of the year has a relaxed market mood; despite that Asian equities closed in the green territories with significant gains.European stock indices like the CAC40 and the FTSE 100, …
Read More »USD/TRY Retreats On Fears About Erdogan’s New Economic Programme
The USD/TRY pair is set to end the week 20% higher, though the rally has stalled at resistance in the 13.50 area. Traders and investors remain skeptical as President Erdogan continues to push “new economic programme” despite surging inflation.The Turkish lira has lost more than 40% of its value versus …
Read More »Falling Demand For Safe Havens Pushes Gold For The First Decline in 3 Years
Gold headed for its first decline in three years on Friday as the global economy recovered, reducing the appeal of safe havens as central banks prepared to raise interest rates to control inflation. And by 1035 GMT, gold in spot transactions rose 0.2 percent to $ 1817.57 an ounce, and …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 30 December 2021
Market participants, investors, traders and economists have been warning against reading too much any market moves this week given year-end volatility and illiquidity. Investors kicked off the penultimate trading day of a volatile year on Thursday with a duet of anodyne, slightly better-than-expected indicators.Economic DataThe number of US workers filing …
Read More »ECB can end bond purchases sooner if inflation surprises persist
European Central Bank governing council member and Dutch central bank head Klaas Knot said on Thursday that the bank could end its bond-buying programmes sooner if inflation continues to surprise on the upside. Knot added that it is now appropriate for the bank to prepare for gradual monetary policy normalization …
Read More »Turkish economic confidence falls 1.8% in December -stats institute
Data from the Turkish Statistical Institute revealed on Thursday that the confidence index in the country’s economy fell 1.8 percent month-on-month in December to 97.6 points. The index, which indicates optimistic expectations when it exceeds 100 points and pessimistic expectations when it falls below that, hit a record low last …
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