The USD/CAD pair falls below its opening price by 0.57% as expectations and bets accelerate on Fed’s intention to slow the pace of policy and monetary tightening. These bets do weaken the US Dollar.Disappointing US housing data and consumer confidence deterioration also hurt the American dollar. Estimates refer to the …
Read More »AUD/USD rallies as the US dollar retreats
On Tuesday, the brighter market sentiment hurt the USD, which lost ground against its main peers. The Australian dollar, on the other hand, abandoned previous weakness and surged nearly 100 pips in the early US Trading session, reaching above 0.6400. The AUD/USD pair appreciates 1.3% on the day, to erase …
Read More »Gold benefits from declining US bond yields
Gold price advances early in the New York session, up by 0.33% on falling US Treasury yields, while bonds climb amid further expectations that Fed could slow the pace of its rate hikes and monetary tightening measures. The US dollar weakened, constituting a chance of momentum for the precious metal. …
Read More »US Consumer Confidence Deteriorates In October
Consumer confidence in the US deteriorated in October. The US Dollar Index trades deep in negative territory below 111.00. the Dollar Index reading at the time of writing is 110.84. The data published by the Conference Board showed on Tuesday that the Consumer Confidence Index declined to 102.5 in October …
Read More »Gold prices decline with the stability of the dollar
Gold prices fell on Tuesday as the dollar stabilized, but expectations that the Federal Reserve would slow the pace of interest rate hikes limited the precious metal’s losses. Spot gold fell 0.5% to $1,640.62 an ounce by 1238 GMT, while US gold futures fell 0.6 percent to $1,644.70. The dollar …
Read More »US: Housing Price Index at -0.7% in August
The monthly data published by the US Federal Housing Finance Agency showed on Tuesday that the Housing Price Index fell by 0.7% on a monthly basis in August. This print followed July’s decrease of 0.6% and came in lower than the market expectation of -0.3%. Meanwhile, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price …
Read More »Coca-Cola raises its forecast for this year’s business results after earnings beat expectations
The Coca-Cola Company raised its forecast for its full-year financial results Tuesday, October 25, after beating expectations for its quarterly earnings and revenue. The company also provided an outlook towards 2023 saying it expects inflation to continue to drive up its expenditures and commodity prices to remain volatile. However, the …
Read More »General Motors Stock Leaps After Q3 Earnings Beat
General Motors posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings Tuesday while repeating its full-year profit outlook, as higher car prices helped fuel record sales for the biggest U.S. automaker. General Motors said adjusted earnings for the three months ending in September came in at $2.25 per share, up 48.5% from the same period …
Read More »Sterling rises as Sunak prepares to take office, euro awaits interest decision
The British pound rose on Tuesday, boosted by an improvement in risk appetite as Rishi Sunak prepares to take over as Britain’s prime minister. At the same time, the euro stabilized ahead of the European Central Bank’s expected rate hike on Thursday. The dollar rose slightly, but not far from …
Read More »German IFO Business Climate Index eases to 84.3 in October
The headline German IFO Business Climate Index eased slightly to 84.3 in October versus the previous reading of 84.4 the market consensus of 83.3. Meanwhile, the Current Economic Assessment dropped to 94.1 points in the reported month as compared to July’s 94.5 and 92.4 expected. The IFO Expectations Index – …
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