The USD/CHF pair has rallied for the third consecutive day and reached a 21-month high at 0.9626. However, as the Asian Pacific session begins, on Tuesday, the USD/CHF print modest losses of 0.06%, down from YTD highs, and is trading in the high 0.9610s.The market mood soared on the back …
Read More »US Equities Retreat As Investors Fret On Several Concerns
China lockdowns, Russo-Ukraine war/Russo-Western tensions, growth concerns and expectations for central bank tightening have all been cited as hurting sentiment.Aside from strength in energy stocks amid a rebound in oil prices, US equity markets were a sea of red on Tuesday, with the major indices led lower most notably by …
Read More »GBP/JPY pullback extends amid risk-off on week’s start
The GBP/JPY pair was last trading lower by 1.1%, after extending on last Friday’s slightly larger loss to fall back to near the 163.00 level for the first time in nearly two weeks and, in doing so, drop below its 21-Day Moving Average (currently at 163.18) for the first time …
Read More »U.S. dollar touches 2-year highs as risk appetite crumbles; yuan drops
The U.S. dollar marched to a two-year high on Monday as a wave of risk aversion swept global markets, while the Chinese yuan was set for its biggest three-day losing streak in nearly four years on growing worries of an economic slowdown in China.China’s yuan fell to a one-year low. …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Friday 22 April
Total assets on the Fed’s weekly balance sheet as of April 20, released this afternoon, declined to $8.955 trillion, roughly the same as on March 16 and below the levels of March 23 and April 13. Beyond the week-to-week ups and downs, caused by the peculiarities of Mortgage Backed Securities …
Read More »Why does Yellen Ponder lower US tariffs on Chinese goods?
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that it is worth considering steps to lower US tariffs on Chinese goods in order to ease inflation, and that there would be some “desirable effects” of lowering tariffs. Speaking in a CNBC interview earlier in the day, Yellen stated on Friday …
Read More »WTI trades around $100 as traders trapped by slowdowns, supply concerns
WTI trades a few dollars lower on Friday but is within recent intra-day ranges in the low $100s. Amid a lack of fresh developments, oil traders are mulling various oil market-relevant themes.Crude oil prices continue to trade in uneventful fashion, with front-month WTI futures stuck within their intra-day ranges of …
Read More »Fed’s Beige Book: Hot inflation, supply difficulties weigh on US firms
Supply chain bottlenecks, the highest inflation in decades and a persisting labour shortage are weighing on businesses across the country, according to a new Federal Reserve report. In its region-by-region roundup of anecdotal information known as the Beige Book, the Fed reported that while economic activity increased at a “moderate …
Read More »Gold is falling with the rise of the dollar
Gold prices fell on Tuesday as the dollar rose on expectations that prices may in the near term retest the resilience of the yellow metal at the key level of $2000 an ounce. Spot gold fell 0.2 percent to 1975.36 dollars an ounce, and US gold futures fell 0.4 percent …
Read More »Gold Expected To Recapture $2000 Mark Despite Buoyant Us Yields, Stronger USD
The Gold Price remains poised to recapture $2,000, and trades around 1.0% higher on the day. Elevated inflation, recession risks and the Russia-Ukraine war continue to boost the precious metal safe-haven appeal.This week’s speech from Fed Chair Jerome Powell will keep precious metal traders on their toes. Gold prices came …
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