The US session has been a big arena for volatility with beginning of the trading week. The US dollar has managed to edge higher up to 106.74 on Monday, slightly recovering from a three-and-a-half month low of 105.32 as investors are concerned about the pro global economic slowdown and the …
Read More »Fed’s Brainard: Successive supply shocks a challenge for central banks
“The successive shocks to global supply chains from the pandemic and the war in Ukraine could ‘herald a shift’ to an era of more volatile inflation and force central banks to guard against it with tighter monetary policy,” Fed vice chair Lael Brainard said in remarks released on Monday by …
Read More »EUR/USD extends risk-off decline towards support territories
At the time of writing, EUR/USD is down some 0.29% falling to a low of 1.0338; sliding from a higher of 1.0496. Risk currencies, such as the Euro are under considerable pressure as protests against COVID restrictions in China weighed on the overall market sentiment.The violent protests in major Chinese …
Read More »Fresh decline of gold on stronger US dollar
Gold continues to decline starting the beginning of the US trading session on Monday, affected by the rise of the US dollar after changing its direction due to the markets’ focus on the current events in China.Gold futures fell to $ 1740 per ounce, versus the previous closing at $ …
Read More »USD/CAD climbs to 1.3460 on risk aversion
The Canadian dollar extended its losses amid the market’s prevalent risk-off sentiment. Canada printed a deficit on its current account and this news could constitute a headwind for the Canadian dollar.The Canadian dollar extended its losses to two straight days, though it trimmed some of its losses after the USD/CAD …
Read More »Fed’s Bullard: Recession is not inevitable
The US central bank needs to raise interest rates a bit further in order to maintain control over the country’s hot inflation in order to bring it back down toward the central bank’s 2% goal according to St. Louis Fed President James Bullard.On Monday, Bullard said that rates need to …
Read More »Wall Street witness limited losses on Amazon’s gains
Wall Street’s indexes fell on Monday amid growing concerns about protests in China against the government’s strict COVID-19 restrictions, although Amazon’s gains helped limit losses as Cyber Monday sales are closer to record figures.Amazon’s shares rose 2% following an industry report that spending on Cyber Monday, the biggest US online …
Read More »World trade slows down as UK retail sales fall
Global trade growth is slowing down due to weakening export orders and demand for container shipments and air freight further retreats.The goods barometer calculated by the World Trade Organization sank below its trend levels, in another signal that the global economy is weakening. It has slipped to 96.2, down from …
Read More »EUR/GBP rises toward 0.8700 on stronger Euro
The Euro rises on Monday on the back of hawkish comments. The EUR/GBP pair currently finds support again at the 0.8570 zone. The EUR/GBP is rising sharply on Monday, boosted by a stronger Euro across the board. The cross peaked at 0.8675, hitting the highest level since Wednesday. It is …
Read More »Dollar and yuan fell on protests against Covid restrictions in China
The dollar fell sharply against the Japanese yen on Monday, as investors focused on rare protests in China that pushed the yuan to a two-week low. Protests against anti-COVID restrictions erupted across China and spread to several cities in the wake of a fire that killed 10 people in Urumqi, …
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