The USD/CAD pair is down on the day as risk appetite bounces on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Sino-US tensions are eyed by traders and investors who also focus on the hawkish comments by Fed speakers. Frictions after the highest-level US visit by Nancy Pelosi, to Taiwan in 25 years help support the …
Read More »Fed speakers reiterate more hawkish tone
“We have a lot in the pipeline in tightening but yet to see that in data showing a slowing of the economy,” San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said on Wednesday. Daly said that the Fed is nowhere near finished with the inflation fight. Also, James Bullard began yesterday by …
Read More »Fed’s Mester Expects Slower US Economic Growth This Year
Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, joins Washington Post global economics correspondent David J. Lynch to discuss the Fed’s plan to tamp down on inflation and the concerns that it could induce a recession.Key quotesWe’ll be growing below trend this year.We are not in a recession.Haven’t …
Read More »Job openings fall sharply in June
The total of US employment vacancies fell to about 10.7 million through the last day of June. Even with the sharp decline, there were still 1.8 open jobs per available worker.Job openings retreated in June to their lowest level since September 2021 in a potential sign that a historically tight …
Read More »Weak Global Manufacturing Data Adds To Recession Fears
On Monday, Equity index futures turned a bit negative to start a new week and month, as investors are still digesting last week’s data with the S&P 500® index (SPX) near June highs.Potential Market Movers this week include economic and earnings calendars that appear a bit lighter compared to last …
Read More »Fed expected to lift policy rate to 3.5-3.75% by end of 2022
In a recently published report, Moody’s Investors Service said that it expects the US Federal Reserve to take the policy rate to the range of 3.5-3.75% by the end of the year and above 4% by March 2023.The EUR/USD pair showed no immediate reaction to this report and was last …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, July 25-29
US monetary policymakers opted a 75bps rate hike. Markets expected this move; a historically large hike. Jerome Powell explained that Fed would likely stop hiking once inflation is controlled. If unemployment rises, the job market weakens, and the US falls into a recession, Fed would ease policy due to lower …
Read More »Gold is heading for its best week in 5 months with weak dollar
Gold prices rose on Friday as the dollar and bond yields continued to decline in the wake of US economic data, setting the yellow metal on course for its best week in nearly five months. By 0616 GMT, gold in spot transactions increased 0.6 percent to $ 1766.08 an ounce. …
Read More »Fed expected to take rate to 3.50% by the end of 2022
The latest FOMC meeting raised the key interest rate by 75 basis points, as expected. Analysts stick with our forecast that the Fed will take the fed funds rate to a 3.25-3.50% by the end of this year, shifting to a 50 bps hike in September, followed by two consecutive …
Read More »US equities retreat following Fed-inspired surge
The stock market was slipping Thursday following its recent Fed-inspired surge after news headlines said that the US economy shrank for two successive quarter as any two consecutive quarters of declines in growth traditionally constitute a recessionThe Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 121.60 points, or 0.38%, at 32,075.99, the …
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