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September, 2022

• 19 September 2022 7:46 pm

  Bitcoin retreats to lowest level in 3 months

  

  On Monday, Bitcoin dropped by some 5% to an intraday low of $18,276, reaching its lowest level since June 2019. It was last down 2.9% at $19,091.00. Bitcoin is down 7.2% in the current month and on pace for the second straight negative month after plunging 15% in August.Ether also …

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• 19 September 2022 7:22 pm

  US equities turn higher ahead of Fed meeting

  

  After the three major indexes logged their worst week in three months, US stocks rose on Monday. The S&P 500 climbed 0.3% after starting the session in the red territory, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 100 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced 0.2%.In the bond market, the benchmark US …

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• 19 September 2022 6:12 pm

  Saudi crude oil exports rise in July, surpassing a two-year peak

  

  The International Energy Forum said on Monday, citing data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI), that Saudi crude oil exports rose for the second month in a row to their highest level in more than two years. Saudi exports in July rose 2.5 percent to 7.38 million barrels per …

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• 19 September 2022 4:47 pm

  Ukraine’s grain exports have fallen 46% since the start of the 2022/23 season

  

  On Monday, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture said that Ukraine’s grain exports fell 45.6 percent year on year in the 2022/23 season to 6.364 million tons. Ukraine’s grain exports have fallen since the start of the war because its ports on the Black Sea, a major shipping route, have been …

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• 19 September 2022 2:20 pm

  Oil drops more than 1% amid rising dollar, demand concerns

  

  Oil prices fell more than 1% on Monday, weighed by expectations of sluggish global demand and a stronger dollar ahead of a possible significant interest rate hike. However, supply worries are limiting the price slide. The world’s central banks will almost certainly raise interest rates this week, and the Federal …

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• 19 September 2022 1:39 pm

  The dollar is rising ahead of an expected sharp interest rate hike from the US Central

  

  The dollar climbed to near 20-year highs against other major currencies on Monday, ahead of a slew of central bank meetings, including a meeting of the US Federal Reserve that is likely to approve another big interest rate hike. Exchanges were generally thin, with markets in London and Tokyo closed …

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• 19 September 2022 12:52 pm

  Gold falls as the dollar rises ahead of the Fed meeting

  

  Gold fell on Monday under the weight of the dollar’s rally as investors braced for a significant rate hike expected from the US Federal Reserve and other central banks this week to bring down inflation. And gold fell in spot transactions 0.8 percent to $ 1661.65 an ounce at 0724 …

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• 19 September 2022 12:00 pm

  European stocks open lower as tech stocks fall

  

  European shares rebounded at the open on Monday and technology shares led the decline amid expectations of a significant interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) in the coming days. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.4 percent, hitting its lowest level in two months, while …

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• 19 September 2022 6:44 am

  Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, September 12-16

  

  The dollar rose slightly against the yen on Thursday after data showed a more-than-expected recovery in US retail sales in August, while the Swiss franc reached its highest level against the euro since 2015. Retail Sales in the US stayed increased by 0.3% to $683.3 billion in August, the data …

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• 17 September 2022 2:29 am

  Market Drivers – US Session 16/09/2022

  

  Most investors are worried about an aggressive Fed’s hike that could knock the US economy into a recession. At the time of writing, the USD/CAD is trading at 1.3293, above its opening price by 0.51%. The Canadian dollar weakened versus the solid US dollar, piercing the 1.3300 mark briefly during …

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• 17 September 2022 12:40 am

  Basra spill pushes oil prices up, but weekly decline recorded

  

  Oil prices slightly rose on Friday on news about Iraq’s Basra terminal’s spill. The news indicates crude supply constraint, but overall, prices are still down on the week on fears that interest rate increases will curb global economic growth and accordingly will impact global demand for fuel.Brent crude futures settled …

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• 16 September 2022 11:46 pm

  T-Yields soaring ahead of FOMC’s rate decision

  

  Short-dated Treasury yields soared on Friday while the dollar rose as investors bet on US interest rate hike next week and grew alarmed at signs of a global economic slowdown.The two-year U.S. Treasury yield, a bellwether for interest rate expectations, topped 3.9%. Coupled with a decline in the benchmark 10-year …

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• 16 September 2022 10:42 pm

  GBP/USD recovers ahead of rate decisions by BoE, Fed

  

  The GBP/USD pair is expected to finish the current week with more than 1.50% losses, ahead of BoE’s and Fed decisions. The pair is trading at 1.14 at the time of writing versus Thursday’s closing price at 1.1395.The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment improved versus the last month’s reading, while …

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