Market Update

The yield on US 10-year Treasury bonds rose to a two-year high on Tuesday, in a sign that investors are preparing for more aggressive measures by the Federal Reserve. Investors are awaiting the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week, coinciding with a rise in the inflation rate, which recorded its highest …

Gold prices fell marginally during trading today, Tuesday, amid the rise in the yield on US 10-year Treasury bonds to the highest level in two years, and with the follow-up to developments in monetary policy. Investors’ eyes are still heading towards the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting, scheduled for the …

The Nikkei index declined at the end of trading Tuesday, due to the rise in the US Treasury bond yield, which caused a selling wave in heavyweight stocks, and after the Bank of Japan raised its inflation expectations. Shuichi Arissawa, director of investment research at IwaiCosmo Securities, said in comments …

The unemployment rate in the United Kingdom declined during the three-month period ending in November, as the repercussions of “Omicron” on the British economy were not clear, as it headed at the end of last year to re-tighten the closure restrictions. According to data from the National Statistics Authority released …

The week started in slow motion, with little action across the board. Chinese data released at the beginning of the day provided a modest boost to high-yielding assets, which changed course during European trading hours. US markets were closed due to the celebration of Martin Luther King Day, with no …

Director of Research and Development at Noor Capital and member of the US Association of Professional Technical Analysts, Mohamed Hashad, was interviewed Monday morning by Dubai Channel to comment on the most outstanding developments in the financial markets during the second week of 2022, as oil continued to reap gains …

Amid holiday-thinned trading conditions with US markets shut for MLK Day, oil prices have been broadly stable on the first trading session of the week, with front-month WTI futures subdued near $84.00 per barrel.Prices hit a fresh two-month high in the $84.70s early on during Asia Pacific trade, but profit-taking …

The FOMC’s first meeting of the year is likely be a quieter affair than its December meeting, when the Committee accelerated its taper plans and outlined a more aggressive policy path for 2022. According to Wells Fargo, “there will not be a fresh Summary of Economic Projections, and we expect …

The Bank of Japan will announce its policy decision on Tuesday, January 18. The central bank is unanimously expected to keep its policy settings at the conclusion of its two-day meeting and as it gets closer to the release time, here are the expectations forecast by the economists and researchers …

The Bank of Canada’s Business Outlook Survey (BoS) for Q4 revealed on Monday that the business sentiment in Canada improved again, with the BoS indicator coming in at a new record high of 5.99, up from 4.73 in the third quarter. The data for the latest survey was collected prior …