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December, 2022

• 19 December 2022 4:22 am

  Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, December 12-16

  

  Financial markets’ sentiment was still negative for most of the previous trading week amid accelerating recession-linked fears. This development, for sure, reinforced US Treasury bond yields but the US stock futures and equities in the Asia-Pacific region maintained mostly dull performance ahead of the final batch of data from the …

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• 17 December 2022 12:49 am

  Obvious message by major central banks: Tightening to stay for longer

  

  Berenberg Bank on Friday adjusted its terminal rate forecasts in light of the developments of the last 48 hours, adding an additional 25 basis point rate hike for the Fed in 2023, taking the peak to a range between 5% and 5.25% over the course of the first three meetings …

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• 16 December 2022 11:49 pm

  Stocks sink on further bad news about US economy

  

  US equities sank on Friday. US equities are also heading towards a second-straight weekly loss, as more negative and disappointing news on the US economy accelerate a sure decline. The S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Index were lower around 1.5%, while the Nasdaq fell 1.3%. Earlier in the session, …

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• 16 December 2022 9:00 pm

  US Stocks extend weekly losses on future rate outlook

  

  US stocks fell on Wall Street on Friday after the Fed raised its forecast for how high it will ultimately push interest rates and attempted to assist investors’ hopes that rate cuts may happen next year. Stocks fell on Wall Street on Friday as worries grew that the Federal Reserve …

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• 16 December 2022 8:01 pm

  Gold Price Poised To End Trading Week With Neutral Performance

  

  Gold rebounds from weekly lows after managing to hold above $1,770. Wall Street indices are dropping more than 1% on Friday, adding to weekly losses.Gold price rebounded further from weekly lows following the release of the US S&P Global PMI report, hitting a fresh daily high at $1,793. It is …

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• 16 December 2022 5:51 pm

  Dollar holding on to gains

  

  The dollar stabilized on Friday after rising in the previous session, as traders analyzed a raft of central banks’ interest rate hikes and the possibility of continuing to raise borrowing costs for an extended period. And the euro settled against the dollar at 1.063 dollars. This came after falling 0.5 …

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• 16 December 2022 5:49 pm

  Retail sales in Britain contracted and recorded a negative reading

  

  The data of the National Statistics Office issued in Britain today, Friday, showed that the retail sales index recorded a negative reading, as Britain witnessed a contraction in retail sales by 0.4% last November, which is worse than the market’s expectations of an index growth of about 0.3%, after the …

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• 16 December 2022 2:17 pm

  European stocks are heading towards a weekly loss

  

  European stocks fell on Friday, heading for a weekly loss, after major central banks pledged to raise interest rates further to counter inflation, raising concerns about a global economic slowdown next year. The European Stoxx 600 index fell 0.2 percent to a new low, the lowest in a month, at …

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• 16 December 2022 12:29 pm

  Japan’s Nikkei closed at its lowest level in a month

  

  Japan’s Nikkei index closed at its lowest level in more than a month on Friday, tracing sharp declines on Wall Street overnight, as major central bank decisions to raise interest rates stoked fears of an economic slowdown. The Nikkei closed down by 1.87 percent, recording 27,527.12 points, the lowest closing …

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• 16 December 2022 11:56 am

  Gold is on track to post a weekly loss as the US central bank sticks to monetary tightening

  

  Gold prices rose slightly on Friday as the dollar fell, but the yellow metal, which does not yield a return, is now on its way to record a weekly loss, with the Federal Reserve expecting interest rate hikes to continue for a longer period. Spot gold rose 0.2 percent to …

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• 16 December 2022 10:37 am

  Oil is rising in spite of the economic concerns

  

  Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Friday, after falling by 2 percent in the previous session, in the wake of central banks raising interest rates, and are heading towards ending the week’s transactions higher after a series of positive expectations for oil demand. By 0109 GMT, Brent crude …

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• 16 December 2022 4:54 am

  Market Drivers – US Session 15/12/2022

  

  The US dollar is reaping the fruit of the hawkish stance adopted by the Fed Chair Jerome Powell, reacting late to the US Fed’s decision.The dollar soared to fresh weekly highs against most major rival currencies, ending the day with substantial gains amid a risk-averse environment. The dollar rallied since …

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• 16 December 2022 4:31 am

  Gold Price Pressured on Declining Demand

  

  The global economy seems to be at a remarkable inflection point. Tightening monetary policies amid high inflation could slow down global economic growth in 2023. This background is typically positive for gold and this the say of history. Gold Price is under pressure, so, it is taking on a critical …

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