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US Treasury yields have been the deciding factor in the price action in global financial markets over the past week. The yield on US ten-year bonds fell to 1.792% from last week’s close of 1.761%. The markets have been moved by the US Treasury yields over the past week. The …

The EUR/USD pair is holding the lower ground below 1.1350, as the US dollar attempts to bounce in tandem with the Treasury yields amid a risk-on mood.The sentiment on Wall Street improved dramatically, in anticipation of the corporate earnings reports. That fueled a fresh selloff in the US Treasuries, which …

Inflation in the Eurozone climbed to a rate of 5% in December, the highest level since the single Euro currency was created. Inflation in the Eurozone climbed to a rate of 5% in December, the highest level since the single European currency was created. According to the latest figures from …

In their yields outlook analysis, economists at Danske Bank point out that while a European Central Bank rate hike in 2022 is not their baseline scenario, they expect markets to increase price rate hikes in 2023 and 2024. They expect the 10Y US Treasury yields to hit 2.25% in 2022 …

France central bank Chair and ECB governing council member François Villeroy de Galhau reiterated on Tuesday that French inflation is likely to fall back under 2.0% by the end of 2022. However, should inflationary pressures prove more persistent, he added, he has no doubt that the ECB would adapt its …

Global Central Banks Start Turning Off Cash TapsAs speculation grows about when the US Federal Reserve will begin reducing the size of its balance sheet, some analysts say the era of “quantitative tightening” has already started and “quantitative easing” is over.Central bank balance sheets have ballooned since the pandemic struck …

Major European stock indexes closed higher on Tuesday, ending a three-day losing streak, as tech shares rebounded and as investors welcomed upbeat corporate updates.Delivery Hero jumped 5% after saying it expects its food delivery business to break even during the second half of 2022 as demand has soared since the …

The last trading week ended with a decline in the US dollar as risk appetite improved with optimism around Omicron, in addition to data out of the USA. As a result, the dollar index, which measures the strength of the US currency against a basket of currencies, fell to 95.7. …

Industrial Production in Germany unexpectedly fell in November, the official data showed on Friday, suggesting that the recovery in the manufacturing sector is faltering. Eurozone’s economic powerhouse’s industrial output fell by 0.2% MoM, the federal statistics authority Destatis said in figures adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, vs. a 1.0% …

The German Factory Orders rebounded more than expected in November, suggesting that Europe’s economic powerhouse’s recovery in the manufacturing sector seems to have regained traction. Contracts for goods’ Made in Germany’ jumped 3.7% on the month vs. 2.1% expected and -5.8% last, the latest data published by the Federal Statistics …