The US Dollar exhibited negative performance on Thursday, as the gloomy mood that ruled financial markets eased later on the day, but most European and US indexes closed in the red territory.Hawkish comments from ECB and US Fed’s policymakers suggested central banks are far from done with their quantitative tightening …
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Dollar Retreats Despite Price Pressures and Labour Market Conditions
The US dollar’s recent performance presents a puzzle. Despite robust Producer Price Index (PPI…
Oil Continues to Benefit from OPEC’s Report on Global Demand
Oil prices remain on an upward trend since the start of Thursday’s trading session, driven by …
Market Drivers; US Session: Sticky Inflation and Trade War Concerns In Focus
The signing of a reciprocal tariff order has injected further uncertainty into global trade. The pot…
Economic Data Matters: Fed’s Hawkish Stance Poised To Remain In Place Till September 2025
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stated that President Trump’s calls for lower interest rat…
Tesla Is Out: Gears Shifted on Armoured Vehicle Contract Amid US Scrutiny
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U.S. Producer Prices Surge in January, Strengthening Fed’s Higher-for-Longer Stance
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U.S. Stock Futures Trade Flat Amid Ukraine Peace Talks, Inflation Data in Focus
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U.S. Dollar Retreats as Euro Rallies on Ukraine Peace Hopes
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Market Analysis
January, 2023
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20 January 2023 2:09 am
How does Canada’s dollar react to oil prices?
The Canadian dollar strengthened against American currency on Thursday. The CAD was able to recover from a nearly two-week low, but the move was limited as global equity markets lost ground and domestic data showed wholesale trade in November rose less than expected.Canadian wholesale trade increased by 0.5% in November …
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20 January 2023 12:51 am
What Legacy Has Jacinda Ardern Left Behind For New Zealand’s Economy?
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced her term would end by February 7. She does not have “the energy” necessary for reelection for office on October 14. A new leader will be voted in a few days. The announcement had little impact on the NZD.The NZD/USD pair is trading …
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19 January 2023 11:35 pm
Fed’s Brainard insists to bring inflation back to 2% target
Fed’s Vice Chair Lael Brainard said that ”there are reasons to think high inflation in the more labour sensitive “core services ex-housing” basket might reflect the pass-through of pandemic and war one-offs and not solely cyclical strength from tight labour markets.“Inflation has been declining over the past several months against …
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19 January 2023 10:49 pm
Yen rises, US dollar falls on US mixed data
The US dollar slid on Thursday against major currencies in a choppy US trading session as data continued to indicate that the US economy is slowing down in the wake of multiple rate hikes by the Fed as investors and traders expect the central bank to pause or at least …
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19 January 2023 9:44 pm
US Debt Ceiling Raises Economic Woes
The US Treasury Department announced the beginning of “extraordinary measures”, meaning a series of accounting measures, and even maneuvers, to avoid breaching the federal governments’ borrowing cap according to a letter to Congress by Treasury Secretary Janet YellenThe Treasury Department will adopt extraordinary measures to allow the federal government to …
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19 January 2023 8:49 pm
On day 330 of war, nuclear threats if Russia defeated
Russia on Thursday warned that the Ukraine war will escalate if the West insists on providing Kyiv with longer-range weapons. Since the conflict broke out, the US has sent advanced and high-precision weapons and other military equipment to Ukraine to help the war-torn nation against Russian aggression. The aid included …
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19 January 2023 7:47 pm
Are central banks’ gold purchases expected to continue?
Gold price has already touched highest that were last seen in April 2022 above $1,900. The precious metal has a bright outlook in the year ahead.The precious metal is trading at $1918.70 per ounce at the time of writing versus the previous closing price at $19043.70. 2022 was a significant …
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19 January 2023 6:14 pm
US: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims decline to 190K
There were 190,000 initial jobless claims in the week ending January 13, data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This print followed the previous week’s print of 205,000 and came in better than the market expectation of 214,000. Further details of the publication revealed that …
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19 January 2023 5:27 pm
Novak: Russia’s oil production in January is the same pace as December
The Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak as saying on Thursday that Russian oil production in January did not decline, and that it was proceeding at the same pace as in December.
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19 January 2023 3:12 pm
Gold shines as investors evaluate chances of slowing US rate hikes
Gold prices rose on Thursday, as investors assessed the chances of the Federal Reserve slowing the pace of raising interest rates, while the rise of the dollar curbed the gains of the yellow metal. And by 0252 GMT, gold in instant transactions increased 0.1 percent to $ 1906.01 an ounce. …
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19 January 2023 2:32 pm
Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand
New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has said she is resigning, in an unexpected announcement that came as she confirmed a national election for October. At the party’s first caucus meeting of the year on Thursday, Ardern said she “no longer had enough in the tank” to do the job. …
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19 January 2023 1:44 pm
European stocks are heading to end their series of gains due to slowdown fears and weak earnings
European stocks were heading on Thursday to halt a series of consecutive gains over six sessions, after lackluster US economic data stoked fears of a global economic slowdown, and investor sentiment was also affected by non-negative European corporate earnings. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.6 percent by 0815 …
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