Market Update

The U.S. Treasury yields declined on Thursday, following the release of unemployment data. The number of people applying for jobless claims in the United States rose above one million once more, reaching 1.1 million last week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury …

European stocks closed lower on Thursday, following expectations by the US Federal Reserve that the COVID-19 will weigh heavily on economic activity on the short-term. The pan-continental STOXX Europe 600 settled lower by 1%. The UK’s FTSE100 also declined by 1.61%, while the French index CAC40 finished lower by 1.33%. …

White House economic adviser and the Director of the National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow, said on Thursday that the Trump administration is still engaged in the first phase of the trade deal between the United States and China, Reuters reported. The Trump administration is also pleased with the agreement’s progress …

Airbnb, the short-term home and room rental company, has confidentially filed on Wednesday for an initial public offering (IPO), Reuters reported. A recent report by the Wall Street Journal suggested that the company could go public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as early as before the end of …

Natural gas storage inventories in the United States increased last week, data showed on Thursday. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), natural gas stockpiles rose during the week ended on August 14 by 43 billion cubic feet, in line with market expectations. Natural gas futures did not change …

An internal OPEC + report seen by Reuters showed that some members of the group of oil-producing countries will need to reduce production by an additional amount of 2.31 million barrels per day to compensate for the recent excess supplies. The report said that the surplus recorded in the period …

The headline Diffusion Index of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey dropped to 17.2 in July from 24.1 in June. This print came in worse than the market expectation of 21.

There were 1,106,000 Initial Claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending August 15th, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed last week’s print of 971,000 (revised from 963,000) and came in worse than the market expectation of …

Employment in Canada increased by 1,149,800 from June to July, the monthly data published by the ADP Research Institue revealed on Thursday. Meanwhile, June’s reading of +1,042,900 got revised down to -1,764,600.  “The job market posted employment growth in July as businesses started to reopen,” said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and …

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) announced on Thursday that it left its policy (one-week repo) rate unchanged at 8.25%. With the initial market reaction, the USD/TRY pair fluctuated wildly. After dropping below 7.2700, USD/TRY rose sharply and was last seen gaining 0.55% on the day at …