Financial markets are anxiously awaiting data on Chinese inflation during the Asian session, details on New Zealand’s electronic card retail sales, and expectations for the third quarter’s inflation rate from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.Among the upcoming figures for Japan are machine tool orders for July. Due to lower …
Read More »Gold loses some luster as dollar rises
Gold prices fell on Tuesday as the dollar regained some stability amid investors’ anticipation of US inflation data due this week to get a clearer picture of the prospects for raising interest rates. Spot gold fell 0.2% to $1933.24 an ounce by 0645 GMT, and US gold futures fell 0.1% …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session, August 7
The start of the new trading week has been uneven for currencies, with the US dollar falling during the American session. The US Dollar Index ended the day unchanged, remaining close to the 102.00 mark. While the 2-year rate decreased to 4.76%, the US 10-year Treasury yield increased to 4.1%.Economic …
Read More »US stocks finished higher ahead of key CPI data
As investors raised positions in anticipation of Thursday’s US inflation report, US stocks ended the day higher on Monday, making up ground lost during the previous week. Due to concerns over deteriorating economic data, inconsistent results, and rising Treasury yields, the major stock indices closed last week lower as investors …
Read More »Gold price looks puzzled ahead of awaited US inflation data
Despite caution ahead of US CPI, the gold price rises as the US dollar corrects to US CPI. The imminent release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) statistics for the United States on Thursday has encouraged the gold price to try to recover. The impact of a slowdown in business …
Read More »Australian dollar retreats on better than expected US GDP data
Following the publication of better-than-expected US GDP figures for the second quarter, the Australian Dollar retreated against the US Dollar on Thursday. The aud/usd pair is trading down by -0.20 at 0.6742 at the time of writing.The report revealed stronger-than-expected labour market data, stronger-than-expected durable goods orders, lower-than-expected GDP price …
Read More »US dollar stays resilient as investors digest latest US data
After Monday’s unsuccessful attempt at a rebound, the US Dollar is holding steady against its main competitors’ currencies.The US Dollar Index is still varying just below 100. While industrial production decreased in June, US retail sales increased somewhat. During the first trading period of Tuesday’s American session, the dollar was …
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 »US data push stocks higher for fourth day in a row
Stocks surged as another significant inflation reading came in lower than anticipated. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 47.71 points, or 0.14%, to close at 34,395.14, while the S&P 500 rose 0.85% to reach 4,510.04, marking the S&P 500’s highest closing level in more than a year. The Nasdaq Composite …
Read More »US CPI expected to record lower reading for June
The US Consumer Price Index statistics, the most significant indicator of inflation, will be released by the US Bureau of Labour Statistics on July 12 at 12:30 GMT. Here are the predictions made by the economists and analysts of 12 major banks regarding the impending United States inflation print for …
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