The USD/CAD pair approaches the 100-day EMA at 1.3520, yet shy of testing it. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveals unemployment claims rise above estimates. The USD/CAD pair stumbles below the 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) spurred by a risk-on impulse, as shown by Wall Street opening in …
Read More »Gold compensates for its losses and rises with the decline of the dollar
Gold prices reversed course and rose on Thursday after a slight decline in the dollar helped dampen risk appetite fueled by waning concerns about the global banking system. By 0738 GMT, spot gold rose 0.3 percent to $1,968.89 an ounce. US gold futures settled at $1984.70. The dollar index fell …
Read More »Gold is falling as concerns about banks recede
Gold prices fell on Thursday as calming concerns about the global banking system increased risk appetite and curbed some attempts to buy the safe-haven metal. By 0346 GMT, spot gold fell 0.2 percent to $1,960.52 an ounce, down for a second session. US gold futures fell 0.4 percent to $1,977.00. …
Read More »What can Q4, banking concerns bring about to gold’s rally?
At the time of writing, the price of gold is $1964.27 per ounce, up +0.77 cents and +0.04% from Tuesday’s closing price. For the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the price of the precious metal has now surpassed $2,000 per ounce. Gold prices have reached $2,000 per ounce …
Read More »Gold closes higher following two sessions of declines
Gold price was higher on Tuesday following two sessions of declines with support from a weaker US Dollar even as bond yields climbed. Wall Street’s major indexes lost ground as investors grew concerned again that the Federal Reserve would keep interest rates higher for longer as fears of further banking …
Read More »Stocks close lower as Wall Street regains stability
While Wall Street regains some stability at the close of what has been a turbulent month, stocks were divided on Tuesday. The S&P 500 fell 6.26 points, or 0.2%, to 3,971.27 even though the vast majority of the index’s companies increased. The Nasdaq composite dropped 52.76, or 0.4%, to 11,716.08 …
Read More »GBP edges up as BoE says no tension in UK banking system
Sterling hovered around a two-month high on Tuesday as the Bank of England (BoE) said Britain was not experiencing stress linked to the demise of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Credit Suisse. BoE Governor Andrew Bailey told parliament’s Treasury Committee in a hearing on SVB: “I don’t think that any, …
Read More »Futures edge lower as yields rise amid easing bank contagion fears
U.S. stock index futures slipped on Tuesday as Treasury yields rose amid easing worries about a banking crisis following First Citizens BancShares’ U.S. regulator-backed deal for failed Silicon Valley Bank. Benchmark 10-year yields rose to 3.545%, weighing on growth stocks such as Apple Inc, Meta Platforms and Alphabet Inc in …
Read More »Fed’s Jeffereson: Lowering persistent components of inflation will take time
Fed’s Philip Jefferson said on Monday, “The Fed is ‘still learning’ how much impact its interest rate increases have had on the economy and inflation.”“Inflation ‘has started to come down,’ with some of that due to tighter monetary policy and some due to other factors such as improving global supply …
Read More »First Citizens Agrees to Buy Collapsed Silicon Valley Bank
First Citizens Bankers said on Monday that it would take over the deposits and loans of the collapsed Silicon Valley bank, concluding a chapter of a crisis of confidence that caused turmoil in global financial markets. In a separate statement, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which took control of Silicon …
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