Gold price is advancing towards $1,800.00 after a healthy correction. The precious metal trades at 1,792 at the time of writing amid a risk-on market sentiment that has infused fresh blood into the gold bulls.Cooler than expected US CPI has trimmed extremely hawkish Fed bets. Gold price has picked bids …
Read More »Records Resumed: Precious Metals Soar to Fresh Heights
Gold and silver prices have reached historic and near-historic highs, driven by a confluence of geop…
Pound Under Pressure as Markets Shift Focus to November Budget
The British pound is facing growing headwinds, with analysts at Bank of America (BofA) warning that …
U.S. Stock Futures Ease as Investors Await Fed Speeches and Key Inflation Data
U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Monday, pausing after record-setting gains last week fueled …
Oil Prices Edge Higher as EU Sanctions and Ukrainian Strikes Tighten Supply Outlook
Oil prices advanced on Monday, rebounding after last week’s losses, as traders weighed the impact of…
European Stocks Slip as Investors Eye Fed Policy Outlook and Key U.S. Inflation Data
European markets opened the week slightly weaker on Monday, with investors opting for caution as the…
Gold Prices Stay Near Record Highs as Investors Bet on Further Fed Easing
Gold prices gained modestly in Asian trading on Monday, holding close to last week’s all-time peaks …
Weekly Recap: FOMC’s Rate Cut – A Lifeline or A Risky Bet?
The FOMC’s 25 basis point rate cut on September 17, setting the benchmark at 4.00%-4.25%, unleashed …
WTI and Brent Performance Reflects Competing Forces
The global oil market is currently navigating a precarious equilibrium. On one side, the price of We…
Wall Street Soars to New Heights After Fed Rate Cut
U.S. stock markets closed the week on a high note, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P…
French Unrest Undermines Euro’s Fragile Rally
The EUR/USD pair closed Friday at 1.1744, down 0.35% from the prior session, capping a volatile week…
Market Analysis
August, 2022
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11 August 2022 12:12 am
US dollar retreats on CPI data
The dollar index was down 1.025% at 105.26 at 3:15 p.m. The US dollar broadly fell on Wednesday following a cooler than expected US inflation reading for July that raised expectations of a less aggressive interest rate hike cycle than previously anticipated from the American central bank. US consumer prices …
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10 August 2022 11:20 pm
Sweden, Not France, Biggest Exporter Of Power In Europe
o On Wednesday, Sweden reportedly overtook France as Europe’s largest net power exporter in the first half of 2022, as deep-rooted problems reduced French nuclear availability to historic lows. France has lost its position as Europe’s biggest exporter of electricity as the nation struggles with extended outages at its nuclear …
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10 August 2022 10:44 pm
Fed’s Kashkari: Far, far, far away from claiming victory on inflation
Fed’s Neel Kashkari said while he is happier to see inflation surprised to the downside, the Fed is far far far away from declaring victory on inflation. He added that ”this doesn’t change my rate hike path”, and he is expecting 3.9% end of this year 4.4% end of next …
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10 August 2022 9:58 pm
Bitcoin Jumps On US Inflation Data
The price of Bitcoin (ETH), the leading cryptocurrency, surged to an intraday high of $24,010 on the Bitstamp exchange at 12:48 a.m. UTC. Ethereum (ETH) and other top altcoins also spiked sharply higher. Crypto markets responded favourably after the slower than expected CPI reading, which takes pressure off the Federal …
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10 August 2022 9:09 pm
Atlanta Fed GDPNow for Q3 surges to 2.5%
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s GDPNow model, the US economy is expected to grow at an annualized rate of 2.5% in the third quarter, up from 1% in the previous estimate.Atlanta Fed explained in its publication that after recent releases from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics …
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10 August 2022 8:31 pm
Indian companies swapping dollar for Asian currencies to buy Russian coal
Indian companies are moving towards several Asian currencies more often to be able to pay for Russian coal imports, according to customs documents and industry sources. Most companies do avoid the US dollar and cut the risk of breaching Western sanctions against Moscow.One large Indian coal deal involves the Chinese …
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10 August 2022 7:51 pm
BOE’s Pill: Wage growth running too fast at present
Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Wednesday that wage growth in the UK is running too fast at present, as reported by Reuters.These comments don’t seem to be having a noticeable impact on the British pound’s performance against its major rivals. As of writing, the GBP/USD pair …
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10 August 2022 7:09 pm
Joe Biden: Seeing some signs of inflation moderating
US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Americans are seeing some signs that inflation may be moderating. “We could face additional headwinds in the months ahead,” Biden added. “We still have work to do but we’re on track.”Earlier in the day, the data published by the US Bureau of …
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10 August 2022 5:55 pm
US stocks shot higher after inflation data
US stock indexes opened trading on Wednesday, August 10, with the release of inflation data for the month of July, which came less than expected. At the beginning of the session, the Dow Jones index jumped by 1.36% to 3321.8 points, the Nasdaq rose by 2.22% to 12,768 points, and …
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10 August 2022 4:35 pm
US annual CPI inflation declines to 8.5% in July vs. 8.7% expected
Inflation in the United States, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), declined to 8.5% on a yearly basis in July from 9.1% in June, the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed on Wednesday. This reading came in lower than the market expectation of 8.7%. …
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10 August 2022 3:33 pm
SoftBank to book $34 bln gain by cutting Alibaba stake to 14.6%
SoftBank Group Corp on Wednesday said it will book an estimated gain of 4.6 trillion yen ($34.08 billion) on settling prepaid forward contracts using shares in Alibaba Group Holding, reducing its stake to 14.6% from 23.7%. SoftBank on Monday booked a record quarterly net loss due to sliding valuations at …
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10 August 2022 2:44 pm
Oil falls on Druzhba pipeline news, US inflation expectations
Oil prices fell on Wednesday, amid expectations that flows will resume through the Druzhba pipeline soon, and concerns about demand ahead of the release of major indicators regarding it. Brent crude futures were down 73 cents, or 0.76 percent, at $95.58 a barrel by 0928 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate …
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