The EUR/USD is pressured and teasing two-decade low marked earlier in the week. Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks, in the Baltic Sea, renewed fears about Europe’s energy crisis, and at the same time raised recession-linked fears. The EUR/USD pair holds lower grounds around the yearly bottom marked on Monday, …
Read More »Nagel: ECB needs decisive rate hikes
The European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member and German central bank head Joachim Nagel said on Monday that decisive rate hikes are needed amid rising risks of inflation expectations getting de-anchored.“The risk that long-term expectations get de-anchored remains high,” Nagel explained. “Further decisive action is required to bring the …
Read More »Dollar reaches its highest level in two decades with Putin’s announcement of partial mobilization
The dollar index (DXY00) on Monday fell -0.04%. The dollar also gave up an early advance and fell slightly after stocks recovered from overnight losses and moved higher, which curbed liquidity demand for the dollar. Earlier on Monday, the American currency rose moderately after the 10-year T-note yield climbed to …
Read More »Lagarde expects to raise rates further
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank said that policymakers will not let this phase of high inflation feed into economic behavior and create a lasting inflation problem.“If there were evidence that high inflation risked de-anchoring inflation expectations, then the policy rate that is compatible with our target would …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 19/09/2022
The week has got a lot of volatility and most assets are in slow motion with an almost empty macroeconomic data. The UK was on holiday honoring the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II. Fifteen major central banks will announce their policy decisions later the week.Economic DataMonday’s U.S. economic …
Read More »US dollar edges lower as stocks reclaim ground
The dollar index (DXY00) on Monday fell -0.04%. The dollar also gave up an early advance and fell slightly after stocks recovered from overnight losses and moved higher, which curbed liquidity demand for the dollar. Earlier on Monday, the American currency initially rose moderately after the 10-year T-note yield climbed …
Read More »EUR/USD restores parity despite dovish remarks by ECB officials
The EUR/USD pair is seesawing around parity after mixed ECB official signals. The positive US Retail Sales confirms the case of the Fed’s going for a 75 bps interest hike.ECB official Mario Centeno expressed that the central bank should take “as small steps as possible.” The EUR/USD is positive in …
Read More »ECB’s Villeroy expects reaching neutral rate by end of 2022
European Central Bank’s policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday that he estimates the euro area neutral rate at below or close to 2% and added that they could reach it by the end of the year.“Monetary normalization is fully warranted in the euro area, too early to say …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Monday 12/09/2022
Next Friday, tens of thousands of railroad workers are poised to go on strike, potentially bringing a nearly a third of all US freight to a grinding halt. It would be the first national rail strike in 30 years. As the clock ticks, the threat of the work stoppage is …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 08/09/2022
The US dollar finished the trading session with mixed performance versus rival currencies. After a seemingly volatile day, the EUR/USD pair is little changed, just below parity after the ECB’s 75 bps rate hike that came in line with expectations.The Canadian dollar surged against the US dollar, with the pair …
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