At 0.6661, the bulls are in charge and the bird of 0.5% higher on Thursday’s business in the remaining hour of the US trading session. The price has climbed from a low of 0.6609 to score a high of 0.6681 so far as traders await the outcome of Friday’s US …
Read More »Gold Index Bounces Back As Traders Anticipate Bearish USD On NFP Data
Gold has found some bidders again after a quick but short trip to the downside on Thursday. At $1,805, the yellow metal is about flat again on the day as traders now get their sights on Friday’s Nonfarm Payrolls data. Gold was hit hard on the back of a spike …
Read More »ECB Policymakers See Change At March Meeting If Inflation Worsens
European Central Bank policymakers see a policy change at the March meeting if inflation does ease, said sources speaking to Reuters.The sources said that policymakers see a faster pace of tapering of the Asset Purchase Programme (APP) as its first point of call to fight higher inflation. According to the …
Read More »ECB Leaves Rates Unchanged
The European Central Bank opted to leave its deposit rate unchanged at -0.5% on Thursday as unanimously expected. The bank maintained its guidance on interest rates, saying they would remain at present or lower levels until the conditions for a rate hike have been met. The bank also reaffirmed its …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 2 February
The US trading session closed on Wednesday with mixed results, most notably the decline of the US dollar and the New York Stock Exchange at the same time due to negative employment data.Economic dataThe reading of the index of change in employment in the non-agricultural sectors in the United States …
Read More »US Dollar Retains Weak Stance Ahead Of BoE, ECB Meetings
The American dollar kept falling on Wednesday to reach fresh weekly lows against its high-yielding rivals. The EUR/USD pair reached 1.1329 as the EU annual Consumer Price Index jumped to 5.1% in January, largely surpassing the 4.4% expected and above the 5% previous. The reading came one day ahead of …
Read More »EUR/USD hovers above 1.1300 as focus shifts to ECB meeting
The EUR/USD pair has continued to trade well supported to the north territory of the 1.1300 level as the Euro remains positioned near the top of the daily G10 performance table, having been boosted by post-hot Eurozone inflation data hawkish ECB bets.While the pair had already broken above the key …
Read More »ECB Preview: Will it Be Positive For The Euro?
Markets are not expecting much from Thursday’s ECB meeting, but it could be positive for the EUR/USD. In December, the European Central Bank laid out plans for 2022, most notably ending the PEPP. The ECB is widely expected to leave its policy settings unchanged following the January policy meeting. In …
Read More »Weekly Recap 24-28 January
US Data released on Friday showed the Employment Cost Index (ECI) rose 1% during the fourth quarter, and 4% during the year. Analysts at Wells Fargo point out the quarterly increase was more restrained than Q3’s 1.3% gain, and they consider that may tamp down fears of a wage-price spiral …
Read More »Weekly Recap 17 – 21 Jan.
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 …
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