Amazon reported its second quarter earnings, lifting the company’s stock up by 7%, despite concerns about its cloud business’s future. Cost cutting in addition to surging online sales contributed remarkedly in the robust Q2 earnings.The company reported a small but vital beat for revenue in its cloud business, Amazon Web …
Read More »U.S. Economy Grows at a Strong 3% Annual Rate in Q2, Surpassing Expectations
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U.S. Private Sector Employment Surges in July, Indicating Economic Resilience
According to the latest data from Automatic Data Processing (ADP), private sector employment in the …
Eurozone Economic Growth Slows as Trade Tensions and U.S. Tariffs Weigh on Outlook
The eurozone economy grew slightly faster than expected in the second quarter, but the overall perfo…
Gold Prices Unchanged Amid U.S. Trade Uncertainty and Fed Decision
Gold prices remained largely stable on Wednesday as investors weighed ongoing U.S. trade uncertainty…
Oil Prices Steady Amid U.S. Inventory Build and Federal Reserve Meeting
Oil prices remained steady in Asian trade on Wednesday, after sharp gains earlier this week, as mark…
BoC Poised to Hold Rates Steady Amid Trade Tensions
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Crude Oil Surges as Trump Issues Ultimatum to Russia
Crude oil prices soared on Tuesday, driven by heightened geopolitical tensions as the U.S. issued a …
Pound Slips Amid Risk-Off Sentiment and US-EU Trade Deal Concerns
The British pound faced modest losses on Tuesday, caught in the crosshairs of a resurgent US dollar …
Trade Talks Intensify as August 12 Tariff Deadline Looms
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US Session Key Drivers: Markets Brace for Fed Decision as Dollar Surges
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Market Analysis
August, 2023
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4 August 2023 12:05 am
GBP/USD slightly recovers after BoE’s policy decision, US data
The Bank of England raised rates to 5.25%, causing a one-month low in the GBP/USD pair. The decision was based on a split vote, with two members expecting a 50-bps rate hike.US Initial Jobless Claims were in line with estimates, and the ISM’s business services activity reading was 52.7, indicating …
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3 August 2023 10:45 pm
Gold consolidates losses on soaring T-yields
The price of gold is consolidating its losses on Thursday, trading around the $1,930 range after dropping to its lowest level in over a month at $1,929.48 per ounce. The price of the precious metal at the time of writing is $1933.55. The decrease was caused by the US dollar’s …
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3 August 2023 9:50 pm
How Could Key Assets React To NFP Data?
The US Bureau of Labour Statistics will release the awaited Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report for July on Friday. The jobless rate remains at 3.6%, indicating that the labor market remains extremely tight.Nonfarm Payrolls are expected to have increased by 200,000 in July, down from the 209,000 jobs that were reported …
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3 August 2023 8:52 pm
British rate-sensitive assets gain post BoE’s policy decision
The Bank of England raised interest rates by 25 basis points, easing monetary tightening from its previous meeting. The key interest rate reached a 15-year peak of 5.25%, with market pricing suggesting a 50-basis point increase. However, unlike the US central bank or the ECB, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) …
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3 August 2023 7:41 pm
Dollar’s gains consolidated following mixed data, Fitch’s quake
The US Dollar has gained strength against rival currencies due to mixed data reports and Fitch’s downgrade of the US government’s credit rating. The USD Index reached its highest level in nearly a month above 102.50 in the European session before retreating to the 102.50 area in the second half …
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3 August 2023 4:23 pm
Bank of England hikes interest rate to 5.25% as expected
Following its policy meeting in August, the Bank of England declared that it has increased the policy rate by 25 basis points (bps), to 5.25%. This choice was consistent with what the market anticipated. Haskel and Mann, two policymakers, voted in favour of a rate increase of 50 basis points, …
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3 August 2023 2:34 pm
Volvo sales rose 21% year-on-year in July
Sweden’s Volvo reported on Thursday a 21 percent rise in car sales in July compared to the same period last year, when it sold 54,165 cars, the 11th consecutive month of year-on-year growth. In the first seven months of 2023, Volvo sold 395,856 cars globally, up 18 percent compared to …
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3 August 2023 1:54 pm
Inflation in Turkey jumps to 9.49% in July amid tax increases and a weaker lira
Official data showed on Thursday that inflation in Turkey jumped at the highest monthly pace in more than a year in July, due to various tax increases and the sharp depreciation of the lira. Consumer prices rose 9.49 percent month-on-month in July, exceeding expectations in a Reuters poll of 9.1 …
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3 August 2023 12:21 pm
Japan stocks fall following in the footsteps of Wall Street due to rising bond yields
Japanese stocks fell for the second day in a row on Thursday, tracking Wall Street, which closed lower on Wednesday, as rising bond yields in the United States and Japan weighed on investor sentiment. Japan’s Nikkei index fell 1.68 percent to close at 32,159.28 points, after falling 2.3 percent, its …
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3 August 2023 11:35 am
Oil stabilizes with support from supply concerns
Oil prices moved in a narrow range on Thursday, after two days of a sharp decline on Wednesday, as a downgrade in the credit rating of the United States affected sentiment, but fears of a shortage of supply provided some support. Fitch downgraded the credit rating of the United States, …
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3 August 2023 10:09 am
Dollar is near the highest level in 4 weeks, thanks to the strength of the US economy
The dollar settled near the highest level in four weeks on Thursday, indifferent to the downgrade of the US credit rating, which cast a shadow over the financial outlook for the United States, and benefiting from strong data for jobs in the private sector. Data on Wednesday showed that US …
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3 August 2023 9:34 am
Gold near its lowest level in 3 weeks after US data
Gold prices settled near their lowest levels in three weeks on Thursday, after a larger-than-expected increase in US private sector jobs in July boosted bets on further monetary tightening in the United States and pushed the dollar and bond yields higher. There was little change in spot gold at 1935.20 …
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