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US Treasury yields on Tuesday surpassed more than a decade highs on expectations that the Fed could announce a rate hike of between 75 and 100 points on Wednesday.The ten-year U.S. Treasury yields rose to 3.544 percent against Monday’s close of 3.493 percent.Yields on this type of sovereign securities fell …

The US dollar rose on Tuesday, trading near a two-decade high, as investors’ focus shifted to expectation of another aggressive rate hike by the Fed amid a week that is full of major bank meetings.The Fed has already started its two-day meeting on Tuesday, with rate futures traders betting on …

Oil prices dropped on Tuesday, following other risk assets’ downtrend, while the US dollar remains strong and investors anticipate more central bank interest-rate hikes designed to contain inflation.The US Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by another 75 basis points on Wednesday in an additional step aiming at …

US stocks slid on Tuesday as the Fed kicked off its two-day policy meeting and Wall Street looked ahead to another large rate hike, to be announced on Wednesday.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 340 points, or 1.1%. The S&P 500 shed 1% and the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.7%.The Federal …

Gold prices fell on Tuesday, September 20, under pressure from the stability of the dollar and the rise in US bond yields, at a time when the US Federal Reserve is preparing to announce a major interest rate hike to curb inflation. And gold fell in spot transactions by 0.4% …

The week has got a lot of volatility and most assets are in slow motion with an almost empty macroeconomic data. The UK was on holiday honoring the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II. Fifteen major central banks will announce their policy decisions later the week.Economic DataMonday’s U.S. economic …

The financial markets’ focus is still on major central banks as the US dollar and Treasury yields continue to dictate their saying. Gold prices encounter some pressure at the start of this week, earlier on the day, prices were sliding by 0.20% after falling from $1679 high to $1,659 low …

The US dollar losses some momentum amid a cautious improvement in risk sentiment. Wall Street benefited from the said improvement and turned green. So, the EUR/USD pair continues to consolidate ahead of the FOMC meeting.The EUR/USD rose after the beginning of the US session and recently climbed to 1.0017, before …

After the three major indexes logged their worst week in three months, US stocks rose on Monday. The S&P 500 climbed 0.3% after starting the session in the red territory, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 100 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced 0.2%.In the bond market, the benchmark US …

Gold fell on Monday under the weight of the dollar’s rally as investors braced for a significant rate hike expected from the US Federal Reserve and other central banks this week to bring down inflation. And gold fell in spot transactions 0.8 percent to $ 1661.65 an ounce at 0724 …