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 …
Read More »US Bond Yields Rise on Monday Morning
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 …
Read More »Market Drivers – Asian Session 08-11-2021
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. …
Read More »Weekly Recap 01-05 November
All expectations that signals by BoC and RBA could push the world’s monetary policy actors to accelerate their own timelines for interest rate hikes, ran into a solid wall with the U. S. Federal Reserve and European Central Bank announcing they would not hike interest rates so fast, though Fed …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session – 05-11-2021
The KSA boosted prices just after refusing to bend to U.S. pressure to pump more crude oil. With OPEC unanimously agreeing to stick to its plans, attention now turns to whether U.S. President Joe Biden will respond.The total active U.S. rig count, which includes those drilling for natural gas, climbed …
Read More »The Dollar Rises by NFP Data Before Retreating
The U. S. dollar jumped on Friday to hit highest level in a year, after official data revealed more solid U.S. job growth in October, but the American currency retreated in late trading as risk appetite improved and stocks surged.NFP increased by 531,000 jobs last month, above expected 450,000, as …
Read More »S&P 500 Touches Further Record
The S&P 500 Index as well as other major U. S. equity indices witnessed a strong end to a strong week. The S&P 500 clinched a seventh successive record session close at 4697 after briefly surpassing the 4700 level intraday.The index ended the week up over 2.0% on the week, …
Read More »Green Economy Commodities Atop China’s Supercycle
The surge in the prices of commodities has been unprecedented since mid-2020, predictably resulting in calls that a new supercycle is proceeding. Supply-demand imbalances are plaguing the globe and boosting prices further. But one topic that is gaining more and more significance in 2021 is that a number of commodities …
Read More »Positive Jobs Fail To Benefit CAD
The Canadian dollar failed to benefit from the strong Canadian labour market released Friday, much like the U. S. dollar and the USD/CAD pair is settling in neutral territory on the day around the 1.2450 mark. The pair has been subject to significant retreat in recent days, together with the …
Read More »KSA, U.S. Fight Over Crude Oil Prices
Oil trimmed its weekly loss as Saudi Arabia increased prices for its global crude exports and the U.S. is still considering a potential release of oil from the strategic reserve.Crude oil in New York session smoothed its weekly loss to 2.8%, rising sharply late in the session Friday after Saudi …
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