The Euro benefited from Wednesday’s FOMC minutes as the US Dollar weakened on the release of the November meeting’s minutes.The minutes have indicated that Fed policymakers agreed to slow the rate hikes, this news is weakening the US Dollar, so the Euro jumped against the US Dollar. At the time …
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Market Analysis
November, 2022
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23 November 2022 11:17 pm
FOMC Minutes: Most Policymakers Supported Slowing Rate Hiking Pace Soon
There is a prevalent state of volatility across financial assets in all markets following the release of FOMC meeting minutes that has showed a substantial majority of the board see slowing hikes soon.According to the minutes, the Fed says rate peak to be higher than previously expected. There are uncertain …
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23 November 2022 11:04 pm
NZD/USD rallies ahead of FOMC minutes
NZD/USD rallied to a high of 0.6236 on Wednesday, from the 0.6123 low. The pair was getting closer to its strongest levels in nearly three months after the RBNZ decided a supersized 75 basis point rate hike to get ahead of inflation.The latest RBNZ’s rate hike has been the largest …
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23 November 2022 10:22 pm
FOMC Minutes to reveal how big support for higher peak rate could be
The Federal Reserve is expected to show how united policymakers were at their meeting earlier in November over a higher peak for interest rates than previously signaled as they calibrate their fight against decades-high inflation.At the conclusion of the Nov. 1-2 meeting of the US central bank’s policy-setting Federal Open …
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23 November 2022 9:26 pm
US stocks slightly surge ahead of FOMC minutes
US stocks were mixed on Wednesday, as investors looked ahead to FOMC minutes hoping for clues into the pace of future interest rate hikes.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 3 points, or 0.01%. The S&P 500 gained 0.23% and the Nasdaq Composite increased 0.51%. Shares of Nordstrom fell more than …
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23 November 2022 8:34 pm
Gold looks cautious ahead of FOMC minutes
Gold prices are slightly lower while silver is a bit higher in subdued early US trading on Wednesday. The market looks quieter ahead of the US data point of the week, namely the FOMC minutes released at 2:00 p.m. EST. December gold was last down $2.80 at $1,737.20 and December …
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23 November 2022 7:36 pm
US New Home Sales Rise Above Estimates
Sales of new single‐family houses, in the United States, rose by 7.5% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 632,000, the data published jointly by the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development showed on Wednesday.Wednesday’s reading followed September’s contraction of 11% and came …
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23 November 2022 5:19 pm
Oil loses more than a dollar a barrel due to talks to determine the price of Russian oil
Oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel on Wednesday as the Group of Seven nations discussed setting a price ceiling for Russian oil above its current trading level. Brent crude futures lost $2, or 2.26%, to $86.36 a barrel by 1153 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures …
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23 November 2022 4:04 pm
Scholz Pledges to End Germany’s Over-Reliance on China, Russia
Chancellor Olaf Scholz doubled down on his government’s promise to end Germany’s “one-sided dependence” on Russia and China for energy and trade, part of a sweeping rethink of the nation’s commercial ties triggered by the war on Ukraine. “The price of sitting on our hands would be incomparably higher,” Scholz …
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23 November 2022 3:02 pm
Dollar is stable ahead of Fed
The US dollar held steady on Wednesday ahead of the highly anticipated release of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting, while the New Zealand dollar was boosted by a record interest rate hike to curb inflation. The US dollar index, which measures the dollar’s performance against six major currencies, settled …
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23 November 2022 2:03 pm
European shares hover near a 3-month high
European stocks hovered near three-month highs on Wednesday as a rally in commodities stocks offset a decline in Credit Suisse after issuing a profit warning, while investors awaited corporate activity data for clues to the strength of the eurozone economy. By 0805 GMT, the pan-European Stoxx 600 index was flat …
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23 November 2022 1:21 pm
Oil prices rose slightly after data on the decline in US oil inventories
Oil prices rose slightly on Wednesday, after data showing a larger-than-expected decline in US crude inventories last week offset fears that China’s fuel demand will decline amid tightening COVID-19 restrictions. Brent crude futures rose 27 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $88.63 a barrel at 0719 GMT, while West Texas Intermediate …
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23 November 2022 12:43 pm
Gold is moving in a limited range as investors await the Fed’s statement
Gold moved in a limited trading range on Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting statement that could provide clues about further interest rate hikes. And by 0647 GMT gold prices in spot transactions fell 0.1 percent to 1737.79 dollars an ounce, while there was little change …
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