With a small gain, gold futures settled on Monday, as Treasury yields eased back from their highest levels during the trading session.Bearish elements, such as the hawkish comments from the Federal Reserve last week and expectations for interest rate hikes, have been a prevalent factor governing the market’s sentiment.Investors do …
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Market Analysis
September, 2021
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28 September 2021 2:29 am
Potential industry crisis over supply chain disruptions
The executive director of the Port of Long Beach warned on Monday of an industry crisis over supply chain disruptions.Mario Cordero, the official who is in charge of the largest container port complex in the United States, said that the supply chain is definitely disrupted and has been for some …
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28 September 2021 2:04 am
After Chinese ban, crypto mining under scrutiny by a new U. S. law
Senators Maggie Hassan and Joni Ernst introduced a new bill Monday intended to impose stronger oversight on crypto mining overseas.The proposed bill requires the Treasury Dept. to submit to Congress a report on how nations are mining cryptocurrency, along with how much cryptocurrency has been mined since 2016 within both …
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28 September 2021 1:38 am
WTI prices rally on U. S. production constraints
Oil prices rally as supply and demand conflict with West Texas Intermediate up near to 2% on the trading day.WTI crude expects substantial buying flow according to the Commodity Trading Advisor, supporting higher prices.WTI is currently trading at USD 75.33 and is higher by 1.85% from as low as USD …
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28 September 2021 12:54 am
Powell to Senate: Reopening economic bottlenecks could be more enduring
Fed chair Jerome Powell will say in remarks prepared for delivery before the Senate banking committee on Tuesday that “If sustained higher inflation were to become a serious concern, we would certainly respond and use our tools to ensure that inflation runs at levels that are consistent with our goal”, …
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28 September 2021 12:38 am
Week begins in slow motion as investors await a new catalyst
USD/JPY trades above the 111.00 level as the trading week started in slow motion, with the U. S. dollar edging diffidently lower against high-yielding rivals, but up roaring vs the JPY. The Japanese currency was hit by higher US Treasury yields on the 10-year note’s surge to 1.51%, its highest …
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28 September 2021 12:14 am
Gold futures count a second straight gain
With a small gain, gold futures settled on Monday, as Treasury yields eased back from their highest levels during the trading session.Bearish elements, such as the hawkish comments from the Federal Reserve last week and expectations for interest rate hikes, have been a prevalent factor governing the market’s sentiment.Investors do …
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27 September 2021 11:52 pm
Why are Microsoft shares falling?
MSFT shares are trading lower by 1.9% at USD 293.67 amid general market weakness as technology and growth stocks dip on a rise in the 10-year treasury yield.Microsoft develops and licenses consumer and enterprise software and is known for its Windows operating systems and Office productivity suite. Microsoft has a …
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27 September 2021 11:30 pm
Fed official signals economy is strong enough for taper launch
A senior official of the Federal Reserve, John Williams, signalled the US economy is strong enough for the central bank to consider reducing the massive recovery-related bond-buying program soon, but he urged the adoption of sufficiently patient approach to raising interest rates.Williams, the president of the New York Fed, acknowledged …
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27 September 2021 10:41 pm
Chinese and American challenges could put global economy at risk
U.S. and global economies are in good shape after bouncing back from the downturn caused by the pandemic. Growth may not be quite as explosive as previously expected. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development lowered its projection for global economic growth in 2022 from 5.7 percent to 4.5 percent …
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27 September 2021 10:15 pm
BoE’s Andrew Bailey assessing forces impacting monetary policy (Full text)
I am going to speak this evening about the state of the economy and about monetary policy as the recovery from Covid unfolds. The title of this speech, The Hard Yards, is I think a saying that originated in sailing, though I associate it more with forward play in rugby. …
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27 September 2021 10:07 pm
BoE: Unwinding of stimulus should be enacted by increase in bank rate
Bank of England’s Governor Andrew Bailey said some MPC members put more emphasis on the continuing shortfall in the level of GDP relative to pre-Covid whereas others emphasized the continuing direction of travel towards closing that gap and the evidence of cost pressures accompanying the closing.“All of this group were …
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27 September 2021 9:22 pm
U.S. Dollar rises over higher Treasury yields
The U.S. dollar has gained for a second straight session on Monday, bolstered by the rise in Treasury yields. The U. S. dollar’s latest move is ahead of announcements by Federal Reserve speakers this week, which could support expectations of the start of asset purchase tapering before the end of …
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