Eurozone Eurozone inflation has slowed further, and underlying price pressures appear to have peaked, according to Eurostat statistics released on Friday, lessening pressure on the European Central Bank to continue raising rates following its quickest rate-hike cycle on record. To confront a historic increase in inflation, the ECB has raised …
Read More »Sterling aims at more upside on still hot core inflation
The Pound Sterling climbs above 1.2750 after mixed United Kingdom inflation data for July. Monthly headline inflation contracted by 0.4%, slower than expectations of 0.5%. In June, headline CPI expanded by 0.1%.The UK Pound starts moving as core inflation supports further policy tightening. UK’s core inflation remains stronger due to …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, August 7-11
After a quiet trading week’s beginning on Monday, storms came one after another though Tuesday was ted to be quiet in terms of economic data; the first storm impacted commodities, because in response to data that suggested a potential global economic slowdown, risk appetite deteriorated on Tuesday, and the EUR/USD …
Read More »Bitcoin flirts with $30,000 post-CPI data
More traders are expected to purchase Bitcoin at steep discounts as they wait for forward-looking macroeconomic data to indicate a recovery in the cryptocurrency’s price since social volume for Bitcoin has increased over the past 30 days. High inflation rates in a nation increase the value of its currency, whereas …
Read More »Fed’s Daly: US July CPI is a “good data point”
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary C. Daly said on Thursday that today’s Consumer Price Index report was “good news” for families and businesses in an interview with Yahoo! Finance. She mentioned that they are committed to getting core inflation down. The US Dollar Index is falling on …
Read More »Gold near its lowest level in a month
Gold prices hovered near a one-month low on Thursday, as investors awaited US inflation data that could determine the path the Federal Reserve will take on interest rates going forward. Gold increased 0.2 percent in spot transactions to $ 1,918 an ounce by 0337 GMT, but it is hovering near …
Read More »Gold price is testing three-month low ahead of CPI data
Following a brief bounce ahead of the key inflation data in the United States, looming CPI figure, gold price is under selling pressure. For additional direction, investors await US inflation data. The price of the precious metal, which is currently selling at $1917.71, has decreased by almost -0.40%. The price …
Read More »US CPI Preview: Forecasts by 10 major banks
The US Bureau of Labour data will publish the US Consumer Price Index data, the most important measure of inflation, on August 10 at 12:30 GMT. As the publication date draws near, these are the forecasts given by the economists and experts of 10 major banks regarding the upcoming July …
Read More »US stocks slide ahead of CPI data
The tech-heavy Nasdaq and S&P 500 fell on Wednesday due to dovish comments by US Federal Reserve officials. Megacap growth and technology stocks, like Nvidia, Apple, and Tesla, shed between 0.6% and 2.5% in early trading. However, there has been some improvement in the Nasdaq, which coincides with profit taking …
Read More »Gold is rising from its lowest level in a month as dollar and bonds fall
Gold prices rose on Wednesday from a one-month low hit in the previous session as the dollar and bond yields fell, a day before US consumer price data could provide clues about the path to raising interest rates. And by 0644 GMT, spot gold rose 0.3 percent to $ 1930.37 …
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