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Market Analysis
July, 2022
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13 July 2022 8:51 pm
US stocks open sharply lower after CPI data
Wall Street stocks dropped and short-dated Treasuries came under pressure on Wednesday after hotter than expected US inflation data fueled expectations of aggressive Federal Reserve rate hikes.US stocks opened sharply lower after the Consumer Price Index reading in June showed inflation surged in June more than expected, with the annual …
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13 July 2022 7:58 pm
USD/JPY retreats after hitting a fresh 24-year high
The USD/JPY pair jumped after the release of the US June CPI to 137.86, reaching a fresh 24-year high. After the beginning of the US trading session pulled back to 137.10. As of writing, it is moving back to the 137.50 area.Inflation keeps rising, so does the US dollar. Inflation …
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13 July 2022 7:17 pm
BOC’s Macklem: A soft landing is achievable
Following the Bank of Canada’s (BOC) decision to hike the policy rate by 100 basis points to 2.5% in July, Governor Tiff Macklem is delivering his remarks on the policy outlook and responding to questions from the press.Meanwhile, Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers argued that part of restoring the balance …
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13 July 2022 5:15 pm
Turkish unemployment rate fell to 10.9% in May
Data on Wednesday showed that Turkey’s unemployment rate fell 0.3 percentage point on a monthly basis in May, while the seasonally adjusted disguised unemployment rose 0.8 percentage point to 22.4 percent. Disguised unemployment was declining for most of the past year, after it peaked at 29.6 percent in January 2021 …
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13 July 2022 4:30 pm
Euro hovers above parity against USD Ahead of US inflation data
The euro hovered above parity with the US dollar on Wednesday as traders focused on US data due later on Wednesday that is expected to show inflation at a 40-year high. European stocks witnessed a decline and the currency markets were calm in early European trading, with the dollar index …
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13 July 2022 3:15 pm
Eurozone Industrial Production rises 0.8% MoM in May, beats estimates
Eurozone’s Industrial Production increased more than expected in May, the official data published by Eurostat showed on Wednesday, suggesting a gradual upturn in the bloc’s manufacturing sector activity. The industrial output in the old continent arrived at 0.8% MoM vs. a 0.3% rise expected and 0.5% last. On an annualized …
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13 July 2022 2:33 pm
European stocks fall ahead of US inflation data
European shares fell on Wednesday as investors awaited US inflation data expected to reach its highest level in 40 years, which supports a large interest rate hike and may push the euro to parity with the dollar. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell 0.8 percent after closing higher in a …
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13 July 2022 1:27 pm
IEA says oil market walking tightrope due to supply risks
The International Energy Agency said on Wednesday that the global oil market was walking a “tightrope” between a supply shortage and a possible economic recession, with demand already affected by higher prices and deteriorating economic conditions. Rarely has the outlook for oil markets been more uncertain. A worsening macroeconomic outlook …
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13 July 2022 1:08 pm
China’s June exports grow at fastest rate in 5 months
China’s exports grew at the fastest rate in 5 months in June, exceeding analysts’ expectations, confirming that China, the world’s second largest economy, is slowly recovering from the effects of the restrictions it imposed to contain the Corona virus pandemic. But imports grew at a slower rate that did not …
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13 July 2022 12:17 pm
Turkey’s inflationary pressures would continue due to domestic, global factors
Turkish unemployment data was released this morning, and the number of unemployed people in Turkey reached 3 million 785 thousand people, and the unemployment rate reached 10.9%. According to the data announced by TUIK today, the number of official unemployed people across the country decreased by 56 thousand in May …
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13 July 2022 11:26 am
Gold stabilizes as investors await indications from US inflation data
Gold prices settled near their lowest levels in more than nine months on Wednesday, as investors awaited US inflation data for indications of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy stance. And gold settled in spot transactions at $ 1725.83 an ounce by 0543 GMT, after falling to its lowest level since …
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13 July 2022 10:43 am
UK Manufacturing Production rises 1.4% MoM in May
The UK’s industrial sector recovery gathered steam in May, the latest UK industrial and manufacturing production data published by Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed on Wednesday. Manufacturing output arrived at 1.4% MoM in May versus 0.1% expectations and -0.6% booked in April while total industrial output came in at 0.9% …
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