US main indexes struggled for direction on Wednesday as a surge in Treasury yields to 14-year highs on expectations of bigger interest rate hikes diminished optimism from the positive start to the earnings season.While some gauges of the equity market’s health showed that the latest rally may be the start …
Read More »Fed’s Beige Book: Forecasts more pessimistic on demand-related concerns
The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book has been released pointing out that price growth is still high with some easing was noted across several districtsThe Beige Book also noted that the US national economic activity expanded modestly on net since the previous report; however, conditions varied across industries and Districts.Overall Economic …
Read More »Biden Releases 15 million barrels of America’s SPR’s oil
President Joe Biden announced a plan on Wednesday to sell off 15 million barrels of American crude oil from the emergency supply and begin refilling the reserve as he tries to contain high fuel prices ahead of midterm elections scheduled on November 8.Biden’s decision came two weeks after the OPEC+ …
Read More »Suella Braverman quits UK home secretary post
Suella Braverman has left her position as UK Home Secretary, adding to the turmoil surrounding Prime Minister Liz Truss’s six-week government. In less than a week, after finance minister, Kwasi Kwarting, had been fired on Friday.The Home Secretary was reported to be leaving “by order” from the new Finance Minister …
Read More »EIA: US oil inventories decline by 1.72M
The weekly report by the US Energy Information Administration showed a decline in crude oil inventories of 1.725M against expectations of an increase by 1.38M during the week ending October 14. Cushing crude oil inventories rose by 583K and gasoline inventories by declined by 114K.Crude oil prices are steady after …
Read More »Canada: Annual CPI eases to 6.9% in September
As measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), inflation in Canada fell to 6.9% in September from 7.0% in August, data published by Statistics Canada showed this Wednesday. This reading is slightly better than the market expectation of 6.8%. The Bank of Canada’s (BOC) Core CPI, which excludes volatile food …
Read More »GBP falls under the weight of inflation, USD clings to its 32-year peak against JPY
Sterling fell on Wednesday after a bigger-than-expected rise in consumer price inflation in Britain and fears of a deeper recession in the country fueled expectations that the Bank of England’s November interest rate hike would be less severe. The dollar consolidated at a 32-year high against the yen and rose …
Read More »Erdogan says he agreed with Putin to establish a natural gas center in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that he had agreed with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to establish a natural gas center in Turkey. Speaking to members of the ruling Justice and Development Party in parliament, Erdogan said that Putin told him that Europe can obtain its gas …
Read More »Eurozone final inflation arrives at 1.2% MoM in September
Eurozone’s Inflation surged 9.9% in September, on an annualized basis, according to Eurostat’s final reading of the Eurozone Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) report for the month. The reading missed expectations of 10.0% while against the 10.0% previous. Core figures rose by 4.8% YoY, meeting the 4.8% market estimates …
Read More »Petroleum Institute: US oil stocks fell 1.3 million barrels
The American Petroleum Institute said that crude oil inventories fell by 1.3 million barrels in the week ending on the fourteenth of October. According to the weekly report of the American Institute, gasoline stocks in the United States decreased by 2.2 million barrels last week, and distillate stocks fell by …
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