Following a five-day losing skid, the price of gold has increased from a one-week low to $1,918 on Thursday during the Asian session. Because of the strengthening US Dollar, rising US Treasury bond yields, worries about China, and other factors, the price of gold is declining. The US ISM Services …
Read More »GBP/USD slides on weaker UK business activity
Amid gloomy UK PMI data and a slowing global economy, the pound sterling falls. The GBP/USD pair declines 0.42% to trade at 1.2567 as a result of the UK’s S&P Global/CIPS Composite PMI falling to 48.6, entering contraction zone for the first time since January. The pair is trading at …
Read More »Dollar near the lowest level in a year and the euro hit a 17-month peak
The dollar index faltered near its lowest level in more than a year on Tuesday as investors await fresh catalysts to see if the dollar will continue to fall in the wake of last week’s softer-than-expected inflation report. The dollar index, which measures the performance of the US currency against …
Read More »Dollar nears lowest level in 15 months amid policy speculations
The dollar fell on Monday against a basket of currencies after recording the largest weekly decline this year, as dealers await economic data and monetary policy decisions. The euro continued to rise, rising 0.15 percent, to hit a 16-month high of $1.12440. The dollar fell against the yen 0.27 percent …
Read More »US dollar achieved gains on US economic data
The US dollar is battling to end its losing run as European trade begins, with the US Dollar Index consolidating around 100.00. According to the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment data, the dollar’s worth has increased dramatically as a result of the university’s positive consumer sentiment figures. Thanks to the …
Read More »Fed’s Waller: Economic data gives Fed space to hike further
According to prepared remarks for delivery at a conference sponsored by The Money Marketeers of New York University, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller has expressed his support for hiking rates at the July FOMC meeting. The decision-maker also demonstrated his reluctance to declare US inflation under control and supported further …
Read More »Fed’s Waller hints at rate ‘hike’, ‘skip’ in June, but no ‘pause’
Ahead of FOMC minutes, Fed’s Christopher Waller stated, on Wednesday, that while the US central bank may decide not to raise interest rates at its meeting next month, he is concerned about the lack of progress on inflation and believes that the rate-hiking campaign would likely continue. Waller made the …
Read More »Wild swings in gold prices after comments by Fed officials
Another significant movement is finishing the week with the price of gold. Gold lost all weekly gains on Friday, sliding $40 for the day after reaching a 13-month high on Thursday. On a macro level, hawkish comments made by Fed officials and good economic news are having an impact on …
Read More »Fed’s Hawk: Will not be fooled by one report
Governor Christopher Waller repeated the same Fed’s hawkish stance on Wednesday. Last week, Waller said “we’ve still got a way to go” before the US central bank stops raising interest rates, despite good news last week on consumer prices, jolting risk appetite”.Waller continues to warn that officials were not close …
Read More »Fed’s Waller supports another significant hike in two weeks
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Friday that it was too soon to say whether inflation was moving meaningfully and persistently downward. The US Dollar Index showed no immediate reaction to these comments and was last seen losing 0.6% on a daily basis at 109.00.Additional Quotes“I support another significant …
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