Market Update

EUR/USD has hovered around 0.9610 as the market players’ focus shifts to US Durable Goods Orders data. Costly durable goods and accelerating interest rates have trimmed expectations for US economic data.ECB Lagarde’s speech provide clues for likely monetary policy action ahead. The EUR/USD pair is displaying back-and-forth moves in a …

Gold is sliding into fresh lows after being held back by the bears below $1,650 on corrections on Monday. The precious metal dropped to the lowest in more than two years while the US dollar extends its uptrend due to recession-linked fears and rising interest rates. The US bond yields …

The UK government’s new fiscal plan increased economic uncertainty and raised the concerns of a global recession, a top official at the US central bank warned after the pound sterling touched an all-time low.Raphael Bostic from US central bank’s Atlanta branch has warned of ‘uncertainty’ after the British pound touched …

The USD/CAD is holding in bullish territory with the US dollar spiking to fresh bull cycle highs. Market volatility has dented the high beta CAD in the face of weaker oil prices.The USD/CAD is up over 1.3% on the day as the pair tries to hold on to near the …

Susan Collins, the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said Monday that a higher unemployment rate will be needed to bring down inflation from unusually high levels, but also suggested any economic downturn would likely be modest.In her first speech as Boston Fed president, Collins said the …

US stocks and oil prices declined in choppy trading on Monday, even as the dollar and Treasury yields rose, as Wall Street digested a raft of what it read as negative macroeconomic news.With markets already jittery from central bank signals of additional interest rate hikes, U.K. government fiscal plans released …

The GBP/USD pair is at the lowest level since the European session following a statement from the BoE amid risk aversion. The pair is back into negative territory trading around 1.0676, at the time of writing down almost 200 pips from Friday’s close at 1.08504.On Asian hours the pound suffered …

The European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member and German central bank head Joachim Nagel said on Monday that decisive rate hikes are needed amid rising risks of inflation expectations getting de-anchored.“The risk that long-term expectations get de-anchored remains high,” Nagel explained. “Further decisive action is required to bring the …

Brent crude futures briefly consolidated above the $86 per barrel mark, before the price fell to around $85. At the time of writing, Brent is trading at $85.25 versus Monday’s opening price at $86.11 after departing the eight-month low of $84.6, supported by concerns about further supply disruptions, particularly those …

The Dallas Fed manufacturing index for September 2022 fell to -17.2 versus the prior reading of vs -12.9. Order rate has decreased over the past month. We are only working four days on some of our equipment. Although new orders did surge, there are still several uncertainties and key issues …