The USD/CAD pair has stabilized on Friday, with the Canadian Dollar (CAD) supported by the increase in wholesale sales, while the US Dollar (USD) is supported by the rise in housing starts, despite a retreat in the consumer sentiment. During today’s trade, the pair has reached a high of 1.35892 …
Read More »Canada’s Payrolls Rise 1.04 M in June
Employment in Canada increased by about 1.043 million jobs in June, compared to May, according to the June ADP Canada National Employment Report. Although jobs in manufacturing decreased by 57,000, jobs in construction increased by 171,000. Meanwhile, the largest increase was in the trade, transportation, and utilities with 347,200 new …
Read More »Lagarde: EU Recovery Fund to Favor Loans
The European Central Bank (ECB) is expecting the European Union (EU) to prefer grants over loans as a funding mechanism for its anticipated economic stimulus fund against the impacts of COVID-19, said ECB President Christine Lagarde, Reuters reported. “Our assumption is that the recovery fund will come about and will …
Read More »Gold Close to Session Lows Around $1805
The yellow metal saw modest declines on Thursday and snapped the rally in 3 days. Gold fell during the European session and reached new daily lows around $ 1805-04 in the last hour. The metal failed to take advantage of this week’s rebound from the support area of 1790 and optimism …
Read More »FX Option Expiries For July 16 NY Cut
FX option expiries for July 16 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below. – EUR/USD: EUR amounts 1.1320 519m1.1350 2.0bn1.1400 853m1.1435 570m1.1450 712m1.1550 880m – GBP/USD: GBP amounts 1.2510 369m – USD/JPY: USD amounts 107.25 576m107.30 556m107.35 410m – AUD/USD: AUD amounts 0.6980 563m – NZD/USD: NZD …
Read More »Logan: Fed Doesn’t Evaluate Market Based on Yields
The US Federal Reserve does not measure market functioning based on the level of the Treasury bond yields, said Lorie Logan, executive vice president in the Markets Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Logan, who also serves as the manager of the System Open Market Account (SOMA) …
Read More »Harker: Forward Guidance is Vital to Market
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Patrick Harker, said in a TV interview with Bloomberg that the Fed should maintain interest rates until the inflation target is achieved. “We’ve been saying for a long time that the 2% inflation goal is symmetric, which means we should overshoot it. …
Read More »BoC to Keep Rates until Inflation Target is Reached
The Bank of Canada (BoC) plans to maintain its main interest rate near zero until the 2% inflation target is sustainably achieved. This comes as the BoC decided to maintain its benchmark interest rate at 0.25% on Wednesday BoC is also committed to buying $3.7 billion worth of Canadian government …
Read More »Canada’s Factory Sales Surge 10.7% in May
Factory sales in Canada increased by a record 10.7% during May, after falling in April by 27.9%, according to data by Statistics Canada on Wednesday. Manufacturing sales were 28.4% below their level in February, before the COVID-19 crisis emerged. A majority of market analysts believe that it would take at …
Read More »Euro at its Highest Level in 4 Months
The euro rose during the European morning, hitting its highest level in four months after increasing demand with Federal Reserve Governor Lil Brainard hinted that the US needed an easier monetary policy. EUR/USD rose 0.1% to 1.1408, after reaching its highest level since March 10 at 1.1423 earlier in the …
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