Gold price is bending below the European highs of $1,745.55. The precious metal is now losing 0.10% at the time of writing while the US dollar firms again, basing itself on a key measure versus a basket of rival currencies. Gold trades heavy in a bearish territory with potential demand …
Read More »Fed’s Kashkari: All understand Fed is serious about getting inflation back to 2%
In response to the market’s reaction to last week’s Jackson Hole, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari said, on Monday, that people now understand how serious policymakers are about getting inflation back to 2%.The dollar has touched a fresh 20-year high to start the week fueled by hawkish comments …
Read More »Wall Street hits one month lows on rate hike worries
US stock indexes hit fresh one-month lows on Monday, adding to a sharp selloff last week as investors worried about the Fed’s plan to keep raising interest rates in its fight against inflation even if the cost is an economic slowdown.At 11:43 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) …
Read More »Gold still under Jackson Hole hawkish effect
Gold price bounced from five-week lows on Monday, amidst a downbeat market mood, after last Friday’s hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, spurred a fall in equities, propelling the greenback and US Treasury bond yields to fresh weekly highs. At the time of writing, XAU/USD is trading at …
Read More »Goldman: Buy commodities now, worry about recession later
Goldman Sachs Group has urged financial market players to pile into commodities as most recession risks coursing through global markets are exaggerated. The group’s argument is that raw materials stand to rebound amid a profound energy crisis and tight physical fundamentals.With oil the commodity of last resort in an era …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, August 22-26
Crude oil was the winner of the week on signs of improving fuel demand, so oil surpassed the performance of all other assets, although some market expectations actually occurred during the past week and some other expectations did not.Energy PricesAfter starting the week near the previous week’s lows, oil attempted …
Read More »USD Index Heading Higher On Powell’s Hawkish Remarks
The US Dollar Index has surged and managed to regain the uptrend after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech before Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Symposium, Friday morning, as the US central bank chair stressed that the monetary policymakers do not have the luxury to stop raising interest rates in the coming …
Read More »Fed’s Mester urges caution on thinking about inflation peak
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said on Friday that the July inflation report was welcome news but added that she needed to see more convincing data to conclude inflation was coming down, as reported by Reuters.The US Dollar Index showed no immediate reaction to these comments and was last …
Read More »Bitcoin Falls On Powell’s Hawkish Remarks
The Federal Reserve chair said households and businesses should prepare for pain as the central bank works to bring down inflation.Bitcoin dropped almost 5% in value within no more than two hours following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s long-awaited keynote address at the Fed’s Jackson Hole, Wyoming, economic conference on Friday.US …
Read More »Gold stabilizes as investors await the Federal Reserve’s speech
Gold prices stabilized on Friday despite the precious metal’s trend for a weekly gain, with investors focused largely on the Jackson Hole seminar for clues about the US Federal Reserve’s policy to curb inflation. Spot gold consolidated at $1,757.99 an ounce at 0624 GMT, but rose 0.6 percent so far …
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