The US Dollar Index has displayed negative performance for the second consecutive day around seven-month low. Dovish comments from Fed officials as well as mixed US data are among factors that do renew hopes for slowing down the pace of rate hiking and this tendency could hamper the DXY. Risk-on …
Read More »European Stocks Slip as Investors Weigh Mixed Earnings, Trade Uncertainty
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Bitcoin Slips After Hitting Seven-Week High, But Trade Optimism Supports Broader Sentiment
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Gold Rebounds Sharply as U.S.-China Trade Uncertainty and Russia-Ukraine Escalation Fuel Haven Demand
Gold prices jumped in Asian trading Thursday, rebounding from recent losses as safe-haven appetite s…
Gold Retreats 2.7% on Improved Risk Appetite After China Tariff Hopes, Trump-Powell Calm
Gold prices plummeted by 2.71% on Wednesday, dropping from a daily high of $3,386 to $3,287.94, shed…
US Dollar Faces Fresh Pressure Following Key Data, Gloomy Fed’s Beige Book
The US Dollar Index (DXY) struggled to maintain momentum on Wednesday, hovering near 99.50 after rel…
IBM Surpasses Expectations in Q1 2025, Maintains Full-Year Outlook
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USD/CAD Hovers Near 1.3800 Amid Trump’s Tariff Shift
The USD/CAD currency pair is trading steadily around the 1.3800 level during Wednesday’s North Ameri…
US Dollar Gains from Trade War Developments
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GBP/USD Slides as Dollar Gains Momentum Amid Powell Relief and Trade Optimism
The British Pound (GBP) faced downward pressure against the US Dollar (USD) this week, slipping belo…
S&P Global Reports US Economy Facing Slowing Growth and Rising Inflation in April 2025
The US economy is navigating a challenging landscape in April 2025, as evidenced by the latest S…
Market Analysis
January, 2023
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12 January 2023 5:18 am
America’s CPI Preview: Forecasts by 10 major banks
The annual CPI is expected to decline to 6.5% from 7.1% in November and see the Core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, edging lower to 5.7% from 6%. On a monthly basis, the CPI is forecast to stay unchanged while the Core CPI is expected to rise …
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12 January 2023 1:58 am
EUR/USD edges higher on ECB’s comments, weaker US dollar
The EUR/USD pair rallied benefiting from the weaker US dollar and ECB hawkish commentary. The US central bank Chair Jerome Powell’s speech on Tuesday did not provide any guidance concerning the future of the US monetary policy ahead of the awaited Thursday’s US CPI report with estimates at 0% MoM …
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12 January 2023 12:54 am
Could CPI data push gold prices above $1,900?
Gold futures were at an eight-month high, climbing 14% since late November to hit $1,882 per ounce earlier on Wednesday. At the time of writing the precious metal is trading at $1876.80 per ounce.Investors normally flock to assets that offer regular returns, such as government bonds, when interest rates are …
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12 January 2023 12:00 am
Fed’s Collins backs a slowdown on rate hikes
Boston Federal Reserve’s Susan Collins backs a slowdown in the US interest rate increases. Collins also noted that she was leaning toward a quarter-point move at the FOMC’s next meeting on February 1.“I think 25 or 50 would be reasonable; I’d lean at this stage to 25, but it’s very …
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11 January 2023 10:56 pm
How commodities react to monetary policy, China’s news
On Wednesday, the metal rose 1.1% to $9,013.50 on the London Metal Exchange (LME), posting its fifth consecutive daily gain. At the time of writing, the key industrial metal is trading at $4.17 per pound for the first time since June, versus the previous closing price on Tuesday at $4.07. …
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11 January 2023 10:09 pm
Goldman: Oil could surge up to $110 by Q3
Commodity prices, particularly crude oil, are expected to corelate will China’s reopening after Lunar New Year celebrations later in January, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.“What is the best reopening play? It is oil,” Jeff Currie, the bank’s global head of commodities research said in a Bloomberg Television interview on …
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11 January 2023 8:44 pm
T-yields fall ahead of CPI data
Treasury yields retreated on Wednesday, on the eve of the key consumer price data release. The yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes fell 5.9 basis points to 3.560%. Yields move inversely to their price. The market expects inflation to ease and the Fed could cut interest rates by the end …
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11 January 2023 7:55 pm
Gold attempts to surge on slower Fed rate hikes expectation
Gold futures were at an eight-month high, climbing 14% since late November to hit $1,882 per ounce on Wednesday. At the time of writing the precious metal is hovering around $1872 per ounce.Gold has got the opportunity to shine again, as investors are betting that the aim of cooling hot …
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11 January 2023 7:02 pm
EIA forecast oil prices to decline beginning 2023’s second half
In their January 2023 Short-Term Energy Outlook, the official website of the governmental US Energy Information Administration (EIA), forecasts Brent crude oil price to rise from an average $81 per barrel recorded in December 2022 to average $83/b in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q23). The EIA also expects this …
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11 January 2023 5:45 pm
A slight rise in oil, with the rise in US inventories
Oil prices rose slightly on Wednesday, amid an unexpected increase in US crude and fuel inventories, global economic uncertainty and China’s reopening of its economy. Brent crude futures rose 53 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $80.63 a barrel by 0921 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 41 cents, …
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11 January 2023 3:55 pm
API: US oil stocks rose by 14.8 million barrels
The American Petroleum Institute said that crude oil inventories rose by 14.8 million barrels in the week ending on the sixth of January. In its weekly report, the Petroleum Institute stated that gasoline stocks rose by 1.8 million barrels, and distillate stocks increased by 1.1 million barrels. Today, Wednesday, the …
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11 January 2023 2:29 pm
European shares rose, supported by the reopening in China and optimism about interest rates
European stocks rose on Wednesday, supported by the rise in shares of the German company Bayer and the French LVMH group, amid investor optimism about the reopening of the economy in China and hopes of slowing the pace of raising US interest rates. The Stoxx Europe 600 index was up …
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