Market Update

The EUR/USD pair hit new cycle lows on Monday at 1.0050 as it is set to continue to approach parity. The next half of 2022 is unlikely to foster conditions for euro appreciation as the European economy could be in a technical recession, explained analysts at National Bank of Canada. …

While testifying before the UK Treasury Select Committee on Monday, Bank of England (BOE) Governor Andrew Bailey argued that they should not pre-commit to the next policy move and said they have a range of options for the August meeting.Bailey’s comments failed to help the British pound find demand and …

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s monthly Survey of Consumer Expectations showed on Monday that the US Consumers’ one-year inflation expectations rose to 6.8% in June from 6.6% in May. The three-year inflation expectations, however, declined to 3.6% from 3.9%.As a reaction, the US Dollar Index edged slightly lower …

Kansas City Fed President Esther George, who voted against the 75 basis points rate hike in June, said on Monday that the pace of rate increases needs to be carefully balanced against the state of the US economy.George’s comments do not have an immediate impact on the US dollar’s valuation. …

The European Central Bank (ECB) has released a report analyzing the growth of the cryptocurrency market over the past decade and the risks it poses to the existing financial system. A section of the report dedicated to stablecoins discussed its central role in the current ecosystem. For example, stablecoins are …

The Nord Stream 1, the biggest single pipeline carrying Russian gas to Germany, starts annual maintenance today, with flows expected to stop for ten days.  Some European governments, markets and companies worry that the shutdown might be extended. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline transports 55 billion cubic metres a year …

Ukraine’s Agriculture Ministry said Monday (July 11) that grain exports in the first seven days of July, the first month of the new 2022-2023 season, fell 30% year on year to 402 thousand tons. Grain exports for the 2021-2022 season, ending June 30, rose 8.5% to 48.5 million tons, driven …

Spain’s inflation rate rose to 10.2% in June on an annual basis, the first time it has exceeded 10% since April 1985, from 8.7% in the previous month, according to preliminary data from the National Institute of Statistics, with the reading coming in higher than expectations of 9 %. Data …

The dollar rose to a 24-year high against the yen on Monday after good results from Japan’s ruling conservative alliance signaled no change in loose monetary policies and global growth concerns boosted the dollar as a safe haven on a broader scale. The dollar rose to 137.28 yen in morning …

Japan’s Nikkei index closed higher on Monday after Japan’s coalition government consolidated its majority in the upper house of parliament in Sunday’s election. The Nikkei closed up 1.11 percent at 26,812.30 points, after climbing as much as 2 percent earlier in the session to its highest level since June 13. …