Forex Market

Consumer Price Index data from the U. S. Labor Department and FOMC minutes represented the key market drivers on Wednesday. Inflation is still steering the both the U. S. economy and fiscal policy as prices continued their ascent in September. Social Security benefits will rise 5.9% in 2022, the highest …

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed three central bank monetary policy committee members on Thursday. Erdogan appointed two new members in their place according to the Turkish Official Gazette, sending the lira to new record lows. Erdogan appointed Taha Cakmak as a deputy central bank governor and Yusuf Tuna as an …

AUD/USD is second whereas the Canadian dollar holds first place on Wednesday in New York closing in the countdown just hours before Thursday’s Asian session’s key event that will reveal Australia’s jobs data for September.At the closing bell, AUD/USD was 0.45% higher on the day at 0.7380 after moving from …

China’s yuan inched higher against the dollar on Wednesday, as investors digested upbeat exports data and shifted focus to whether the central bank would overturn maturing loans later this week.In the spot market, the onshore yuan opened at 6.4509 per dollar and touched 6.4449, before ending at 6.4452, 20 pips …

Western Texas Intermediate crude oil benchmark hardly progresses by 0.05%, it is trading at $79.94 during the New York session.The market sentiment improved through the U.S. session, as depicted by U. S. equity indexes rising between 0.01% and 0.65%. The U.S. dollar Index, which influences the price of crude oil, …

The dollar sold off on Wednesday pushed lower by falling US Treasury yields. The market mood was depressing throughout most of the day.Yields were weaker ever since the day started, but accelerated their slump following the release of US inflation data. The September Consumer Price Index was upwardly revised to …

The Federal Reserve could begin reducing the pace of monthly asset purchases as soon as mid-November, according to minutes from the September meeting,The summary, released Wednesday, indicated the tapering process could see a monthly reduction of $10 billion in Treasury bills and $5 billion in mortgage-backed securities.Officials at the meeting …

The U. S. dollar is rising marginally from the lows of the day on the release. Prior to the FOMC minutes.The U. S. dollar had eased back from a one year high as longer-dated Treasury yields fell after US inflation data, although data shows that prices rose solidly in September, …

The U. S. Fed released its minutes of the September monetary policy meeting. Participants generally assessed that, provided that the economic recovery remained broadly on track, a gradual tapering process that concluded around the middle of next year would likely be appropriate.Various participants stressed that economic conditions were likely to …

Gold price is posting strong gains in midday U.S. trading Wednesday, hitting 4 week highs. Buy stop orders were hit in the futures markets after key technical resistance levels were penetrated on the upside.A selloff in the U.S. dollar index today also worked in favor of the precious metal market …