China on Thursday lowered its benchmark loan rate, the benchmark market-based lending rate, in line with market expectations, as authorities ramped up monetary support to inject impetus into economic growth. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was lowered to 3.7%, down from 3.8% the previous month, according to the Interbank …
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Market Analysis
January, 2022
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20 January 2022 1:03 pm
Petroleum Institute: US Oil Stocks Rise by 1.4 Million Barrels in a Week
According to data from the American Petroleum Institute, crude oil inventories in the United States increased by 1.4 million barrels during the week ending on the fourteenth of January. In its weekly report, the American Institute indicated that gasoline stocks increased by 3.5 million barrels during the past week, while …
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20 January 2022 12:40 pm
The Nikkei index is Recovering After Falling to a Five-Month Low
Japan’s Nikkei rose on Thursday after falling to a five-month low, boosted by gains in Sony and other video game makers, and after China ramped up monetary easing measures to boost a sluggish economy by cutting a set of key interest rates. The Nikkei increased at a close 1.11% to …
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20 January 2022 3:51 am
Market Drivers – US Session – 19-01-2022
Demand for the US dollar eased on Wednesday, with the American currency edging lower against most major rivals. Losses were limited across the major currencies, with gold outstanding amid rallying beyond $1,840 an ounce, its highest since last November.US Treasury yields inched higher at the beginning of the day to …
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20 January 2022 2:07 am
Oil Slips After API Reports Third Successive Gasoline Build
Operating on a one-day delay due to the U.S. holiday, the American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated the inventory build this week for crude oil to be 1.404 million barrels after analysts predicted a draw of 1.367 million barrels.U.S. crude inventories shed some 74 million barrels since the start of 2021, …
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20 January 2022 1:49 am
Biden Urges Fed To Recalibrate Support For US Economy
During a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said it is appropriate for the Federal Reserve to recalibrate the support it provides to the US economy, given the strength of the recovery and recent price increases.“Given the …
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20 January 2022 1:30 am
US Shares Lower Despite Positive Earnings
US equities dipped again on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 failing to reclaim 4600 and down over 4.0% in 2022. The Nasdaq 100 dipped 0.2% and the Dow fell 0.3%.US equity markets have been under selloff pressure on Wednesday, with markets under fears about Fed tightening and higher interest rates, …
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20 January 2022 1:08 am
European Veto Could Hinder Global Tax Reform
Hungary, Poland and Estonia are among European nations that are unhappy with plans to launch a minimum global corporate tax rate of 15 percent as of January 2023.Some EU countries have slammed the bloc’s efforts to introduce a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15 percent within 12 months into …
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20 January 2022 12:01 am
Inflationary Pressures Turning Into Global Headache
Demand for the US dollar eased on Wednesday, with the American currency edging lower against most major rivals. Losses were limited across the major currencies, with gold outstanding amid rallying beyond $1,840 an ounce, its highest since last November.US Treasury yields inched higher at the beginning of the day to …
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19 January 2022 11:49 pm
Gold Momentum Eases After Prices Ticked $1840
Gold’s upside momentum has waned in recent trade, with prices trading near $1842 after bursting above resistance in the low $1830s and then subsequently $1840 for the first time in over two months. The speed of spot gold’s latest advances, especially between the $1830 to $1840 area, is suggestive of …
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19 January 2022 11:16 pm
GBP/USD Traders Eye Fed, BoE, Johnson’s Fate
The GBP/USD pair is trading at 1.3627 and higher by 0.24% after rising from a low of 1.3585 to a high of 1.3648. Besides domestic drivers, the sterling has benefitted from a pullback in US yields and the US dollar. US Treasury yields are retreating from near two-year highs on …
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19 January 2022 9:40 pm
US Treasury Yields To Hit 2.25% in 2022
In their yields outlook analysis, economists at Danske Bank point out that while a European Central Bank rate hike in 2022 is not their baseline scenario, they expect markets to increase price rate hikes in 2023 and 2024. They expect the 10Y US Treasury yields to hit 2.25% in 2022 …
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19 January 2022 9:15 pm
US Home Building Ends 2021 With Strong Momentum
Economic figures released on Wednesday surpassed expectations in the US with Housing starts rising 1.4% in December to 1.70 million (annual). Analysts at Wells Fargo point out a milder than usual weather allowed more construction to take place in what is normally a seasonally slow month.Key Quotes: “Home building finished …
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