On Wednesday, yield on Treasury notes, which often rises when investors anticipate tighter central bank policies, rose back toward highs for 2021, near 0.5%, compared with 0.409% at Tuesday’s close. The U.S. inflation rate reached a 13-year high recently, triggering a debate about whether the country is entering an inflationary …
Read More »Gold jumps with US inflation data
Gold hit a fresh multi-month high of $1,868.54 an ounce, its highest since last June. Gold surged on the back of higher-than-anticipated US inflation data encouraging speculations the U. S. Fe will have no choice but to hike rates sooner.The XAU/USD Index retreated from the mentioned high on the broad …
Read More »Was U. S. Economic Agenda Designed for Shortages and Inflation?
According to Wall Street Journal, cost pressures are depriving Democrats of the political benefits of the strong U. S. economy. Today, jobs and wages are growing rapidly, the stock market is at records on the back of positive corporate earnings and the public is optimistic about jobs and their financial …
Read More »U.S. wholesale inventories surged in September
U.S. wholesale inventories increased more than expected initially in September, but automobile stocks declined further amid a global semiconductor shortage, which is undercutting motor vehicle production.The Commerce Department said on Wednesday that wholesale inventories increased 1.4%, instead of 1.1% as estimated last month. Stocks at wholesalers rose 1.3% in August. …
Read More »U. S. Inflation spiked in October
Consumer inflation surged in October as fuel costs picked up, supply chains remained under pressure and rents moved higher. NYT said that it is bad news for economic Fed’s policymakers and for the White House, which had been emphasizing a recent slowdown in price gains.Inflation picked up to 0.9 percent …
Read More »European Shares Rise With on Oil
European shares rose to near all-time highs on Wednesday, as a jump in oil stocks and positive results for companies including chip company Infineon helped offset the impact of inflation concerns. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.1 percent and energy stocks rose 1.2 percent, after a boost to oil …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session – 09-11-2021
Bitcoin’s rally weakened on Tuesday, suggesting that buyers took some profits at around the $68,500 all-time price high. Despite a short-term retreat, upward price targets are expectedfor both BTC and ETH over the next month.There is a positive sentiment that often prevail the crypto markets near every year’s end. Price …
Read More »U. S. Shares Threaten to End 8 Day Gains
U.S. shares retreated back from record levels on Tuesday’s U. S. session, threatening to disrupt an eight-day gaining sessions for the S&P 500 Index, the first time since 1955. The benchmark index fell by 0.5% in afternoon trading. The S&P 500 pulled back to end an 8-session winning line of …
Read More »Investors Eye Fresh Jobless Readings
The Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending on November 6 will be revealed on Wednesday. New weekly jobless claims are expected to touch a fresh pandemic-era low again this week, as labour shortages and companies’ endeavors to bring about change and retain workers are helping to put a cap …
Read More »BOE & ECB Interest Rate Expectations Updates
Rate hike chances are gaining more appeal throughout financial markets for the BOE after the November meeting, given the actual inflation profile, in which there was a 95%+ chance of a 15-bps hike. The European Central Bank has made clear that it does not intend on raising rates anytime soon, but …
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