The GBP/USD pair has suffered heavy losses at the beginning of the week. The pair closes in on 1.2200 after disappointing UK data. The US dollar is likely to preserve its strength amid hawkish Fed bets, risk aversion.The GBP/USD pair has extended its slide in the early European session on …
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Market Analysis
June, 2022
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13 June 2022 8:12 pm
AUD/USD Drops On Risk Aversion, Several Other Concerns
The AUD/USD cratered into the low-0.6900s on Monday, down over 1.5% on the day and over 4.0% lower in four days. The pair is being battered by risk-off flows as markets price a more hawkish Fed and potential recession. China lockdown fears are also hurting the pair, with bears eyeing …
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13 June 2022 7:27 pm
Gold Price Pressured Around $1820
Friday’s US hot inflation reading triggered a flight to safe-haven currencies like the greenback, and precious metals fell.The 2s-10s US Treasury yield curve inverted during the day as a recessionary scenario looms. The CME FedWatch Tool shows that the odds of a 75 bps increase in the June meeting lie …
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13 June 2022 5:48 pm
Gold drops giving back last week’s $30 gain
Gold price is down $27 to $1843, a 1.5% drop. This slump comes after last week’s rise of more than $30 following the CPI report. Today, the market is waiting for the Fed announcement this week. If they decide to deliver higher than a 50 bps rate hike, which would …
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13 June 2022 4:46 pm
BoE to raise rates 25 bps in June – Reuters
The Bank of England will raise interest rates in June by only 25 basis points and continue in the same lane in future meetings despite soaring inflation, a Reuters poll of economists found. The recent poll showed that “all but one of 56 economists expected the BoE to deliver a …
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13 June 2022 3:42 pm
The dollar is rising and the yen is falling to its lowest level since 1998
The price of the dollar, which is considered a safe haven for value, rose towards its highest levels in 20 years against the major currencies on Monday, supported by fears of a global economic slowdown and the expectation of a large interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve. The …
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13 June 2022 2:38 pm
Gold falls as US Treasury yields rise
The price of gold fell on Monday, after rising to its highest level in a month earlier in the session after strong inflation data in the United States lifted Treasury yields and reduced the attractiveness of safe-haven gold. And the price of gold in spot transactions fell 0.4 percent to …
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13 June 2022 1:38 pm
Oil prices fell after Beijing’s warnings of an increase in Corona cases
Oil prices fell more than $2 on Monday after rising COVID-19 infections in the Chinese capital, Beijing, dashed hopes of a rapid increase in China’s demand for fuel, while concerns about global inflation and economic growth further depressed the market. Brent crude futures fell $1.81, or 1.48 percent, to $119.95 …
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13 June 2022 12:39 pm
Inflation shock causes European shares to lose for the fifth day
European shares fell for the fifth consecutive session Monday, June 13, weighed down by economic-sensitive stocks, as the sharp rise in US inflation raised concerns about the US Federal Reserve’s sharp increase in interest rates. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 1.1% by 07:12 GMT, hitting its lowest level …
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13 June 2022 12:15 pm
Nikkei records biggest decline in 4 months due to inflation fears
Japan’s Nikkei index posted its biggest decline in more than four months on Monday, ending the session at a two-week low after a bigger-than-expected rise in US inflation in May sent Wall Street sharply lower at the weekend. The Nikkei index fell 3.01 percent to close at 26,987.44 points, the …
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13 June 2022 7:11 am
Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, 6 – 10 June
The dollar rose to a nearly four-week high against a basket of currencies on Friday, after data showed US consumer prices accelerated in May, suggesting the Federal Reserve may have to keep raising interest rates until September to combat inflation. In the 12 months to May, the US consumer price …
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11 June 2022 5:22 am
Market Drivers – US Session – Friday. June 10
The US Dollar Index, a measure of the dollar’s value, is advancing 0.84%, sitting at 104.177, while the US 10-year benchmark note rises 21 basis points and is up at 3.154%.As investors expect an aggressive US Fed, USD/CHF rallies 0.80% post US hot inflation. Elevated US Treasury yields lifted the …
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11 June 2022 3:06 am
What Wall Street is saying about May’s US shocking inflation report
The Consumer Price Index published on Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics hiked by 8.6% from a year ago, up from April’s reading of 8.3% and higher than economists had projected.Federal Reserve policymakers tasked with bringing prices back down could likely to take clues from May’s CPI report on …
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