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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 …

Gold price up by 0.07%; trading at $1823.78 per ounce at the time of writing. The precious metal is looking forward to recovery due to softer than expected US ADP Employment Change data. Job vacancies by US employers were upbeat in August, indicating strong labor demand. However, the US Services …

On Wednesday, the Japanese yen fell slightly against the dollar after its unexpected rise in the previous session, which raised speculation that the Japanese authorities intervened to support the currency. The Japanese currency fell slightly to 149.12 to the dollar in early Asian trading, after jumping about two percent during …

The market’s overall sentiment is affected by worries about potential Federal Reserve moves. On Wednesday, S&P Global will publish the final projections for the September PMIs. The GBP/USD pair encounters sellers around roughly 1.2100 as the USD is in high demand. The pair is trading at 1.2082 at the time …

Commenting on the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook, “I am not in a hurry to raise, not in a hurry to reduce either,” Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said. “I am willing to be patient. I don’t think there is an urgency for us to do anything more,” he added. As …

The US government is on the verge of a temporary shutdown starting this Sunday, October 1st. Once again, Democrats and Republicans in the world’s largest economy are in a deadlock over how to allocate fiscal funds. Looking back, since 1981, the US government has partially suspended operations 14 times. The …

Japan’s Nikkei index fell to its lowest level in four months on Tuesday, with rising US Treasury yields weighing on investor sentiment and the Federal Reserve’s pledge to prolong fiscal tightening. The Nikkei index extended its losses in the afternoon, falling to 31,157.40 for the first time since June 1, …

Michael Barr, Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve, stated on Monday that the central bank should implement monetary policy cautiously.The most important question, in his opinion, is not how much higher interest rates will rise, but rather how long they will stay at a level that is appropriately …

In the United States, inflation, as measured by the change in the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index, rose to 3.5% on an annual basis in August, up from 3.4% (revised from 3.3%) in July, according to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis on Friday. This reading was consistent with …

Gold prices fell to $1,830 per ounce during trading on Monday, reaching their lowest levels in seven months due to pressure resulting from the strong dollar and high Treasury yields, as well as today’s expected speech by Jerome Powell. Gold’s decline today is the worst in two years, incurring monthly …