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Wall Street is rallying on Thursday, led by enthusiasm mainly stirred by tech stocks and a significant surge of Meta; Facebook’s parent company.The S&P 500 was 1.5% higher in midday trading a day after hitting its highest level since August. The Nasdaq composite was 3.1% higher, as of 12:35 p.m. …

The WTI crude oil dropped to the %75s and now the daily chart shows the price breaking the trendline support. Oil is now correcting higher to $76.70 resistance. At the time of writing, the US crude is trading at $76.86 per barrel. The objective of escaping the $75s territory was …

Bitcoin prices touched their highest since mid-August last night. Bitcoin prices even climbed last night, surpassing $24,000 and rising to their loftiest value since mid-August.The world’s most prominent digital currency reached $24,243.80 around 8 p.m. EST, according to CoinDesk data. At this point, the cryptocurrency had climbed over 6% in …

The US Dollar weakened after the US Fed’s monetary policy decision. The FOMC policymakers decided to hike rate by 25 basis points in line with wide expectations. The FOMC statement indicated that policymakers changed the wording on inflation, noting that it “has eased somewhat but remains elevated,” although there were …

The WTI crude oil hovers around three-week low after falling the most in a month. Wednesday witnessed climbing EIA Crude Oil stocks as an additional mixed clue surrounding global economic scene that is tending to favour oil bears.WTI crude oil managed to trim latest losses around the three-week low as …

The US Dollar Index hit lowest level in almost three weeks on Fed’s dovish hike. The Federal Reserve’s decision came in line with 0.25% rate hike expectations but the dovish signals came in Jerome Powell’s remarks about easing inflation in the United States, these signals were most welcome by DXY …

FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell comments on the policy outlook after the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise the policy rate by 25 basis points to the range of 4.5-4.75% following the first policy meeting of 2023. Key Quotes “Very difficult to manage the risk of doing too little on rates.” “We …

The dollar has continued to weaken since the onset of the new year. Economists do anticipate a policy change from the FOMC in the first quarter of 2023, which would set the scene for a more prolonged decline.Given that Inflation easing more than expected, markets forecast that the Fed will …

As the US Fed makes its decision later on Wednesday, the GBP/USD pair remains firm. A busy US economic calendar was not enough to lend support to the US dollar, which is under pressure amid the current risk-off situation.According to the ADP National Employment Change report, private hiring increased by …

If markets are expecting a 25 basis point hike and eventually a 50 basis point hike is announced, that would be somewhat of a surprise. So, markets would react … Read: What Do Markets Expect From First FOMC Decision in 2023? The US Federal Reserve will announce its monetary policy …