Cabinet Ministers believe there is a 50/50 chance that Boris Johnson will be forced out of office after four of his most senior aides quit 10 Downing Street and his Chancellor publicly rebuked him,” said the Times while conveying political hardships for UK’s Johnson during early Friday morning in Asia.Dan …
Read More »NZD/USD Bulls Eying Golden Ratio Around NFP
At 0.6661, the bulls are in charge and the bird of 0.5% higher on Thursday’s business in the remaining hour of the US trading session. The price has climbed from a low of 0.6609 to score a high of 0.6681 so far as traders await the outcome of Friday’s US …
Read More »Gold Index Bounces Back As Traders Anticipate Bearish USD On NFP Data
Gold has found some bidders again after a quick but short trip to the downside on Thursday. At $1,805, the yellow metal is about flat again on the day as traders now get their sights on Friday’s Nonfarm Payrolls data. Gold was hit hard on the back of a spike …
Read More »GBP/USD Stalls Post BoE’s Interest Rate Policy Decision
GBP/USD bulls take a breather around a fortnight high surrounding 1.3600, during the sixth positive day amid Friday’s Asian session. Earlier, on Thursday, at 1.3605, GBP/USD off its highs of the day by is still positive by some 0.23% following the Bank of England that raised interest rates to 0.5% …
Read More »Bank of England Hikes Interest Rates by 25bps to 0.50%
The Bank of England announced its monetary policy decision on Thursday and raised the benchmark interest rate by 25bps to 0.50%. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted 5-4 in favour of the rate hike. The decision was in line with market expectations and marked the first back-to-back rises since 2004. …
Read More »BoE Preview: Forecasts From Foure Major Banks
The Bank of England (BoE) will announce its decision on Thursday, February 3 at 12:00 GMT, and as we get closer to the release time, here are the expectations forecast by the economists and researchers of 4 major banks. Deutsche Bank “We expect the BoE to follow up their December …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 2 February
The US trading session closed on Wednesday with mixed results, most notably the decline of the US dollar and the New York Stock Exchange at the same time due to negative employment data.Economic dataThe reading of the index of change in employment in the non-agricultural sectors in the United States …
Read More »US Dollar Retains Weak Stance Ahead Of BoE, ECB Meetings
The American dollar kept falling on Wednesday to reach fresh weekly lows against its high-yielding rivals. The EUR/USD pair reached 1.1329 as the EU annual Consumer Price Index jumped to 5.1% in January, largely surpassing the 4.4% expected and above the 5% previous. The reading came one day ahead of …
Read More »GBP/USD Bulls Stay On Course Ahead Of The BoE Decision, US NFP Data
At 1.3570, GBP/USD is around 0.40% higher on the day as it tracks down the start of the New York sessions highs of 1.3587 again during midday trade. Sterling is climbing on Wednesday for the fourth session in a row, reaching a 1-1/2-week high against the dollar.Trader’s expectations that the …
Read More »Sterling Still Buoyant On Eve Of BoE’s Policy Decision
Only one day away from an awaited second successive BoE rate hike, the British pound has been trading on the front foot. The GBP/USD pair has recently surpassed its 21DMA at 1.3557 before running into resistance ahead of the 1.3600 level.At current levels in the 1.3560 territory, the pair trades …
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