From Europe to the United States, market drivers ranged from unemployment, inflation-related concerns, earnings and alarming losses to inventories of energy, particularly natural gas. On Friday, Fed’s Chair Jerome Powell officially announced that the U. S. economy is ready for reducing the asset purchases, however, he did not think that …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session 13-10-2021
Consumer Price Index data from the U. S. Labor Department and FOMC minutes represented the key market drivers on Wednesday. Inflation is still steering the both the U. S. economy and fiscal policy as prices continued their ascent in September. Social Security benefits will rise 5.9% in 2022, the highest …
Read More »BoE: Crypto growth could create risk
Cryptocurrency market is double the size of the sub-prime debt in the U.S. on the eve of the financial crisis posing a threat unless urgently regulated according to the Bank of England.Crypto assets are worth $2.3 trillion, about 200% more than at the start of 2021. While that represents a …
Read More »BoE’s Andrew Bailey assessing forces impacting monetary policy (Full text)
I am going to speak this evening about the state of the economy and about monetary policy as the recovery from Covid unfolds. The title of this speech, The Hard Yards, is I think a saying that originated in sailing, though I associate it more with forward play in rugby. …
Read More »BoE: Unwinding of stimulus should be enacted by increase in bank rate
Bank of England’s Governor Andrew Bailey said some MPC members put more emphasis on the continuing shortfall in the level of GDP relative to pre-Covid whereas others emphasized the continuing direction of travel towards closing that gap and the evidence of cost pressures accompanying the closing.“All of this group were …
Read More »Government bond yields rise amid reaction to hawkish signals
A global bond downturn pushed US Treasury yields to their highest level in three months on Monday, as investors’ reaction to the prospect of tighter monetary policy by dumping US and UK government debt. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note added 0.05 percentage points to trade above 1.5 …
Read More »GBP/JPY price trades around 151.50 on BoE’s statements
On Thursday, the GBP/JPY reached a new four day high at 151.48 as market sentiment ended mixed, and it could weigh on the British pound. The cross-currency declined to a daily low of 149.53, but as the European session began and the Bank of England released its monetary policy statement, …
Read More »Fed’s Decisions move XAU/USD to decline
The XAU/USD has now declined and eventually moved back into the negative territory for the second successive day.Gold price was additionally pressured by more and more global central banks. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday indicated that control of the pace of asset purchases may soon be announced if economic progress …
Read More »European stocks climb on Bank of England, Fed statements
European stocks have been traded higher Thursday as global markets reacted to the latest policy decisions from the Bank of England and the U.S. Federal Reserve.Investors are still digesting the Fed’s decisions and the statements by the Bank of England, as the IHS Markit’s flash composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) …
Read More »Bank of England: Inflation is poised to top 4%
The Bank of England said the chance for higher interest rates appeared to have strengthened on Thursday after it pushed up its forecast for inflation at the end of the year to over 4%, more than twice its target rate.Policymakers at the Bank of England unanimously voted to leave its …
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