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Among the key questions lingering over across financial markets is whether volatility could continue into 2023 as the calendar year turns a corner.Markets were closed Monday to observe the Christmas holiday. In this shortened trading week, investors are expecting either relative quiet or further volatile sessions ahead due to low …

According to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index released on Tuesday, US home prices continued its downtrend in October for the fourth straight months. The US Dollar Index showed no immediate reaction to these figures and was last seen losing 0.05% on the day at 104.26. Seasonally adjusted HPI …

The dollar fell against most currencies in volatile and weak trading on Friday after data indicated a slight slowdown in inflation in the United States, which boosted expectations of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates at lower rates and improved investors’ appetite for risk. The personal consumption expenditures price index …

Oil prices rose on Friday amid expectations of lower Russian crude exports from the Baltic region this month, alleviating fears that a severe winter storm in the United States could wipe out holiday fuel demand growth. And by 0148 GMT, Brent crude rose 88 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $ …

Airlines cancelled nearly 2,000 US flights scheduled for Thursday and Friday in the United States, disrupting holiday travel for thousands and sending a bearish signal for travel fuel demand.Also keeping a lid on prices was a rising U.S. dollar and fall in equities, said Jim Ritterbusch of Ritterbusch and Associates, …

The GBP/USD pair is under pressure due to the resurging US dollar that is being boosted from stronger-than-forecast US economic data, underpinning the hawkish Fed’s outlook and higher rate expectations for 2023.The Dollar Index (DXY), an index that measures the American currency against a basket of rival currencies has rallied …

Firmer government bond yields provided near-term support to the USD, but plummeting US indexes limited the dollar’s potential gains.Gold flirted with $1,800 but finished the day in the red at around $1,786 a troy ounce. Crude oil prices, however, posted modest gains, with WTI settling at $75.40 a barrel.No catalysts …

Treasury yields surged on Monday, as investors assess the cumulative probability that the world’s MAJOR central banks will keep raising rates in 2023 despite the economic impact.Traders focus on assessment of the 2023 monetary-policy outlook of central banks from the US to Japan and Europe. Longer term yields are below …

The Pound Sterling is leaning against a critical level of support while the US dollar is surprisingly weak. The Federal Reserve and Bank of England’s rate decisions are being digested. The GBP/USD pair is 0.2% higher at the time of writing on the first day of the trading week. However, …

Financial markets’ sentiment was still negative for most of the previous trading week amid accelerating recession-linked fears. This development, for sure, reinforced US Treasury bond yields but the US stock futures and equities in the Asia-Pacific region maintained mostly dull performance ahead of the final batch of data from the …