US inflation expectations as per the 10-year and 5-year breakeven inflation rates according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve (FRED) data, challenge the recently hawkish bias over the US Fed.The inflation precursors might have taken clues from the Fed policymakers’ dovish comments, including those from Chairman Jerome Powell, to challenge …
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Oil prices fell nearly 3% on Monday, following US service sector data that has added to worries that the Fed could continue its aggressive policy tightening path. So, the data caused oil and stock markets to pare gains.Brent crude futures were down $2.18, or 2.6%, at $83.39 a barrel by …
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Gold prices stabilized Monday, December 5, after hitting their highest level in 5 months, while the dollar fell after more Chinese cities eased anti-Covid-19 restrictions over the weekend. There was little change in the spot gold price, recording $1,799.26 an ounce, after touching the highest level since July 5 at …
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The weaker US dollar and risk aversion were in news headlines most of the time during Friday’s US trading session. The positive employment report on the United States suggested the Fed might need to keep hiking rates to ease a contracted labour market, though it failed to reinforce the US …
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The US dollar has maintained its weak performance on Friday despite the positive Nonfarm Payrolls data. The USD/CHF pair hit a daily high following the key data.The USD/CHF is trimming some of its earlier losses and prior gains in the US volatile trading session, spurred by a buoyant US Nonfarm …
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Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said on Friday “We are probably going to have a slightly higher peak to Fed policy rate even as we slow pace of rate hikes,”, as reported by Reuters.Evans noted that policymakers are “on a path to getting financial conditions appropriately restrictive to bring inflation …
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The GBP/USD pair retreated from around 1.2290s close to 100 pips after the release of better-than-expected labour market report in the United States, suggesting that further central bank tightening will be required.However, after the US employment report, the GBP/USD is trading around 1.2210s, after traveling towards its daily low of …
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The dollar settled near its lowest level in 16 weeks against a basket of major currencies on Friday, ahead of key data related to the labor market in the United States, while the yuan is heading to record its biggest weekly gain since China revalued its currency in 2005. The …
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The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the November jobs report on Friday, December 2 at 13:30 GMT and as we get closer to the release time, here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of 4 major banks regarding the upcoming employment data. Expectations are for …
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Gold prices fell on Friday before the announcement of important US jobs data. However, they are still on track to record the best weekly performance in three weeks, with the dollar weakening due to expectations of a slowdown in the rate hike at the Federal Reserve and indications of declining …
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