Market Update

The euro and the yen rose on Thursday, reversing a wave of recent losses incurred by the two currencies against the dollar, and the Swiss franc reached a one-month high against the euro after inflation in Switzerland climbed to a 14-year high. In Asian trading, the dollar rose to a …

Turkey’s Trade Ministry said on Thursday that the country’s trade deficit jumped 157 percent year-on-year in May to $10.68 billion, as energy import costs continued to rise. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent global commodity prices soaring, jeopardizing Ankara’s New Economic Program that aims to tackle high inflation by running …

Japan’s Nikkei gave up most of its gains to close flat on Tuesday, as worries about inflation and higher interest rates in the United States outweighed the rise of automakers and energy-related stocks. The index rose 0.1 percent to 27,943.95 points, after exceeding 28,000 points for the first time since …

The US dollar surged during US trading hours as stocks plummeted while Treasury yields advanced. The catalyst was a slew of positive US data boosting the US dollar and concerns about a likely looming recession.Economic DataThe US ISM Manufacturing PMI rose to 56.1 in May from 55.4 in the previous …

Job growth is predicted to be 300,000 up from 247,000 in April. ADP average for the fourth quarter in 2021 was 582,000, first was 530,000. NFP forecast for 320,000 in May, down from 428,000. Economists and observers see that market sensitivity to the labour market has retreated.Private payrolls from Automatic …

The WTI crude oil flirts with intraday low amid accelerating concerns over recession in the China and the United States. These concerns currently impact the overall global energy demand outlook.WTI crude is still laggard for the third successive day, despite the latest bounce off intraday lows, as fears surrounding growth …

The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report was released on Wednesday indicating that the status of the US economy continued to grow in recent weeks, with most Fed districts achieving slight to modest growth, down from the moderate activity reported in the April.the US dollar is higher, lifted by higher Treasury …

The stock market fell Wednesday following still-strong economic data and the start of the Federal Reserve’s QE. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 177 points, or 0.5%, while the S&P 500 dropped 0.8%, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.7%. Stocks tried to rally in the afternoon but ultimately stumbled into …

US President Joe Biden is focused on knocking down sky-high fuel prices, but he has a limited influence to do that and the US President said he cannot take immediate action to bring them down. The oil markets were paying attention to Biden’s plans in March when he announced a …

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard explained, on Wednesday, that inflation at levels last seen in the 1970s and early 1980s is putting the US central bank’s credibility at risk and has been reiterating his call for the Fed to follow through on promised rate hikes to bring down inflation, …