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Major currency pairs were quite volatile on Thursday following the release of US inflation figures. The US Consumer Price Index soared to 7.5% YoY in January, higher than the 7.3% expected.The core reading printed at 6%, also above the market’s forecast. The headline spurred a short-lived US dollar’s rally, although …

The Gold Price Index, XAU/USD, is under pressure as the New York session’s volatility dies down following the early morning chaos that has resulted in plenty of two-way business in financial markets. Gold initially moved lower after the post-15-minute candle’s toing and froing, sliding to $1,825. This was before the …

The US data was the highlight during the previous period. There were 223,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending February 5, the data published by the US Department of Labor revealed This reading came in better than the market expectation of 230,000. Inflation in …

The European single currency maintains positive stability, benefiting from a successful retest of the psychological barrier 1.1400 support level. As a result, the intraday movements are still stable above the mentioned level. On the technical side, the 50-day moving average still holds the price below, supporting the bullish pricing bias. …

Isabel Schnabel, member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), mentioned during a Twitter session of Q&A that rising interest rates would not lower energy prices. She added that if current inflation “threatens to lead to a de-anchoring of inflation expectations, we may still need to respond”. …

Oil prices stabilized at around $90 a barrel on Wednesday, but the prospect of increased supplies from Iran and the United States kept prices under pressure. Brent crude futures fell 36 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $90.42 a barrel by 1150 GMT. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 43 cents, or …

The European single currency maintains positive stability, benefiting from a successful retest of the psychological barrier 1.1400 support level. As a result, the intraday movements are still stable above the mentioned level. On the technical side, the 50-day moving average still holds the price below, supporting the bullish pricing bias. …

Investors may have over-reacted to what they see as a hawkish pivot from the European Central Bank, Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said. French President Emmanuel Macron’s price caps to stop a cost-of-living crisis colliding with April’s elections will slow inflation by about one percentage point at …

Beyond March, analysts at Wells Fargo expect the European Central Bank to start raising its Deposit Rate shortly after it completes its net bond purchases.An initial 25 bps Deposit Rate hike is expected in December 2022 and another 25 bps hike in March 2023. They consider the divergence between the …

The euro fell for the second day in a row in trading on Tuesday after European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said there is no need for significant monetary tightening in the Eurozone. The dollar index rose 0.3 to 95.67, and the Australian dollar was little changed at $0.7127, but …