Market Update

Paving the way for Biden’s Administration to take further steps in the path remaking the Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Reserve Governor Randal Quarles said he will step down from his post around the end of the current year. The resignation announcement has come a little over a month after ending …

Fed Chair Jerome Powell spoke, Monday, before the “Gender and the Economy Conference”, a symposium hosted by the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C. (via webcast). Following is the full text of Powell’s speech: Good morning. I am pleased to …

GBP/USD attracted some buyers on Monday near the mid-1.3400s amidst renewed USD selloff.The prevalent risk-on environment acted as a headwind for the safe-haven USD. Rebounding US bond yields, according to a wide range of investors could limit the USD slide and lead to gains.The dovish BoE and Brexit jargon could …

The European session was largely quiet on Monday. Stock futures were mixed in early morning trading after US market indices closed at record levels on Friday after better-than-expected non-farm payrolls report for October. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Production Index rose 85 points, while the S&P 500 Index settled, …

In an interview with Dubai TV, Director of Research and Development at Noor Capital, Mohamed Hashad takes a closer look at the markets. USD Hashad pointed out that last week was one of the most critical weeks ever in November, as there were major statements from the Central Banks, most …

Gold rose in Monday morning trading in Asia, hitting its highest level in two months. The dollar also gave the yellow metal a boost. Gold continues to rise in these moments, achieving a rise of 0.3% to record 1822.56 dollars an ounce, while gold contracts recorded 1824.45, an increase of …

The dollar was broadly flat on Monday and currency markets lacked momentum as investors weighed expectations of price volatility with the extent to which central banks could tolerate inflationary pressures. Last week, the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) stuck to its view that the current high inflation is expected …

Gold prices continued to climb to a two-month high on Monday, as investors maintained their view that central banks will continue to maintain low interest rates for the time being. Investors are turning their attention to core inflation data in the US due later this week. And the spot price …

US Treasury yields rose on Monday morning, as investors’ attention turned to inflation data, due for release later in the week, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was up 2 basis points to 1.474 percent, and the 30-year Treasury yield added a point. 1 basis at 1.8999% This comes after Treasury …

The Asian session was a bit quiet at the start of the week. This morning, the People’s Bank of China set the yuan’s exchange rate against the US dollar at 6.3959 yuan per dollar. Expectations were for the Chinese yuan to stabilize against the dollar at 6.3906 yuan per dollar. …