Coinbase Global Inc witnessed a strong debut on the stock market on Wednesday, reaching a valuation of around $91 billion. Today marked the Cryptocurrency exchange debut on the Nasdaq, which indicated to open at a share price of $350-355, compared with a a reference price of $250. Listing the company …
Read More »Fed’s Kaplan: Full Employment Will Need Some Time
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Robert Kaplan, said on Wednesday that it will be a while before the United States reaches full employment. However, Kaplan said that the Fed should start reducing what he sees as extraordinary measures, “at the first opportunity once we’ve reached, and are …
Read More »U.S. Records Higher Prices of Imports and Exports in March
Import prices in the United States increased by 1.2% during March, signaling another rise in inflation rates, data by the U.S. Department of Labor showed on Wednesday. This marker the fifth consecutive monthly rise in import prices, which increased by 6.9% on an annual basis, recording its biggest increase since …
Read More »Currencies Overview: Dollar Near Its Lowest Level in a Month
The dollar settled near its lowest level in a month on Wednesday as strong demand in a US bond auction led to a broad drop in Treasury yields and curtailed the interest rate advantage that the greenback enjoyed against other major currencies. In early trading in London, the dollar rose …
Read More »Dogecoin Reaches an All-Time High
The coin that has made the cryptocurrency market so hype thanks to the tweets of auto giant Tesla founder appears to have usually woken up. Like all other digital currencies that benefit from the upcoming offering of Coinbase today on the Nasdaq market, however, the matter was very interesting with …
Read More »EU Commission Unveils Plan to Raise up to EUR800 Billion to Fund The Recovery
The European Union (EU) Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn unveiled on Wednesday, a strategy to raise up to EUR800 billion in debt for recovery fund, which is expected to be repaid by 2058. “EU to use a diversified funding strategy to raise as much as EUR800 billion until 2026.” “Borrowing to …
Read More »Eurozone Industrial Production Drops by 1% in February
Eurozone’s Industrial Production in Germany showed a lesser-than-expected decrease in February, the official data published by Eurostat showed on Wednesday, suggesting that the recovery in the manufacturing sector is far from gaining traction. The industrial output in the bloc arrived at -1.0% MoM vs. a 1.1% drop expected and 0.8% …
Read More »European Parliament Postpones a Decision on a Final Vote on a Trade Agreement With Britain
The European Parliament gave the green light Tuesday (April 13th) to the two main committees to vote this week on a trade pact between the European Union and the United Kingdom, but postponed a decision on whether the full parliament will give its approval later this month. The European Parliament …
Read More »SAP and LVMH Earnings Push European Stocks Higher
European stocks rose on Wednesday, as positive business results for German software company SAP and French luxury goods maker LVMH offset fears of a possible setback for the COVID-19 vaccination program on the continent. The European Stoxx600 index rose 0.1%, with shares of the technology and personal and household goods …
Read More »Oil Continues to Rising But Virus Fears Dampen Gains
Crude oil rose on Wednesday, April 14, after data in the sector showed that US inventories fell more than expected, while OPEC raised expectations for crude demand, but concerns about the Coronavirus and increasing supplies curbed the gains. Brent crude futures rose 85 cents, equivalent to 1.3%, to $64.52 a …
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