Market Update

The United States registered a record public deficit at $660 billion last month, data by the U.S. Department of the Treasury showed on Monday. In March, the deficit recorded a new record high on the monthly level after revenues reaching $268 billion and expenditure at $927 billion and both reaching …

President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Eric Rosengren, said on Monday that the United States economy could recover strongly this year due to the Fed’s policies and the increased government stimulus. “With labor-market slack still significant, and inflation still below the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, my perspective is …

European stocks declined on Monday, after a recent rally brought it to its all-time highs, amid profit making and losses by the technology sectors and major indices. The STOXX Europe 600 index fell by 0.4%, as the technology sector lost 1.3% to lead the market losses. The French CAC40 index …

Inflation expectations by consumers in the United States rose last month, with more optimism about the labor market, as shown by a recent survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The New York Fed’s report showed on Monday that consumers’ short and medium-term inflation expectations reached their highest …

A recent survey by the Bank of Canada (BoC) showed on Monday that business sentiment in Canada improved with the economy showing signs of recovery from the negative impacts caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Roughly two thirds of Canadian businesses reported their sales returning to their levels prior to the …

Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Monday, while the S&P 500 retreated from record highs, as investors brace themselves to start the earnings season and the release of a major inflation report this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 25.54 points, or 0.08%, to 33,775.06 points. The Standard & …

On Monday, a pricing document showed that Iraq raised the official selling price of Basra Light crude in May shipments to Asia to a premium of $1.40 per barrel to DME Oman futures, an increase of $0.10 over the previous month. According to Reuters. The official selling price of Basra …

Bitcoin rose to 61,234 on Monday to reach a record high at 61,781 USD on March 13th as the largest American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc will begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange on April 14th. The digital currency rose nearly nine-fold in the past year, driven by institutional …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that the current coronavirus infection rate is “much too high” and added that the third wave may be the toughest yet.  “Vaccine production capacity must be increased significantly, both in Europe and in Germany,” Merkel noted.

Oil prices rose, but they remained moving within a narrow range Monday, April 12, amid optimism about the recovery of the US economy with an acceleration in the pace of immunization campaigns against the Corona virus, but the increase in Covid-19 infections in other regions of the world is holding …