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Following a significant spike in T-bond yields, the market has momentarily stabilized, but Americans continue to borrow heavily despite Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s 18-month efforts to alter their borrowing and spending habit.Middle East tensions could boost gold, US dollarTensions in Palestine are causing investors to seek safe-haven assets and monitor …

Officials at the ECB alternately play down the prospect of future rate increases. On Thursday, the EUR/USD was moving higher, stretching for 1.0550 ahead of the end-of-week release of US non-farm payroll data. At the time of writing, the pair is trading at 1.0548.As ECB policymakers continue to downplay the …

“We’ve seen positive inflation data and a concurrent rise in long-term rates. Although it might be deemed excessive, it aids in tightening financial conditions for the European economy, according to ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau, who made the statement on Thursday.Villeroy continued, “So today, I don’t think an additional …

The EUR/USD reached a daily high of 1.0532 on Wednesday, but Euro upside remains limited due to mixed economic data for the EU and US. Eurozone Retail Sales fell 2.1% YoY in August versus -1.2% expected, while the European Producer Price Index (PPI) improved slightly over the forecast -11.6%. European …

ECB’s Christine Lagarde, has cautioned that the United States and the Eurozone should never take the status of their currencies as reserve currency for granted because nations like China and Russia are working to develop their own financial systems.The eighty-year dominance of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency has …

Rising US Treasury bond yields and anticipation of further Fed tightening weigh heavily on the EUR/USD pair, which declines to 1.0500, down 0.69%. The Euro is losing value due to divergent economic forecasts that show growing US business activity and slowing manufacturing activity in the Eurozone.With major support at 1.0500 …

The EUR/USD pair has reached an eight-month low, with the pair trading at 1.0505, near the lows of the month after reaching a daily high of 1.0574. The Eurozone’s M3 supply shrinkage, reflected by broader economic strains, has weighed on the EUR/USD.The Euro is extending its losses versus the US …

Metals retreated during the US session, with gold falling below $1,920 and moving closer to the $1,915 support region. At monthly highs, the US Dollar Index is just beyond the 106.00 range. On Tuesday, there are no economic events scheduled for the Asian or European sessions. The US will release …

The German DAX lost 151 points, and the FTSE lost 60 points, as European stocks generally ended the day lower. European stocks fell as a result of rising rates and economic worries, while exporters with considerable exposure to Chinese markets also suffered. Equities were also influenced by rising commodity prices …

As markets position themselves ahead of the Fed, the EUR/USD was breaking to the upside. The Fed is anticipated to maintain current interest rates and provide an updated economic forecast.30 minutes following the release of the data, Fed Chair Jerome Powell will attend a press conference. In the lead-up to …