Even while US yields rose in reaction to an improvement in overall risk appetite trends and a modicum of relief from political unrest in Europe, the US dollar lost some of its recent gains. Amidst investor speculation of two Fed interest rate cuts in 2024, the USD Index (DXY) posted …
Read More »US stocks climb as rate cut hopes defy cautious Fed
The Dow Jones Index has seen slight gains on Monday, climbing four-tenths of a percent as investors recover balance and resume the long wait for rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The ‘bad news is good news’ sentiment has fueled investor sentiment seeking an accelerated pace of rate cuts from …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap: Major central banks, inflation data in spotlight
Investors and traders kept a close eye on the US inflation figures as well as the FOMC meeting in June. Due to the Fed’s aggressive approach, selling transactions took hold of gold prices immediately following the announcement that US interest rates would remain steady. Prior to the announcement of the …
Read More »US Economy: From Recession Fears to Growth, What’s Next?
The US economy surprised many analysts and investors in 2024 by shifting from early fears of a potential recession into a period of resilience and growth. The Federal Reserve, which initially expected to cut rates multiple times this year, has revised its stance to just one cut. So, what does …
Read More »USD/JPY edges up slightly despite falling US bond yields
The USD/JPY recovered some ground during Thursday’s North American session yet is virtually unchanged, up by a minimal 0.08%, weighed by a fall in US Treasury bond yields. US economic data from the United States (US) shows that inflation is getting lower, yet the Federal Reserve remains skeptical that the …
Read More »Dollar Dips as Traders Weigh Fed’s Hawkish Tone Against Benign Inflation
The U.S. dollar retreated on Thursday, as market participants wrestled with the contrasting signals of subdued U.S. inflation and a more hawkish stance from the Federal Reserve. The Dollar Index, measuring the greenback against a basket of major currencies, dipped 0.3% to 104.340, easing from its recent mid-May peak. This …
Read More »Market Drivers; US Session, June 12
Recent economic news and headlines have been dominated by data and concerns related to US inflation. The negative surprise of the US CPI in May caused the US dollar to rapidly revert its recent positive trend, although the hawkish stance taken by the Federal Reserve helped the USD Index (DXY) …
Read More »Fed does not rule out two rate cuts in 2024
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell noted that the revised forecast is a conservative approach and left open the possibility of additional rate reduction. Federal Reserve officials released a startling change to their estimates for the number of interest rate cuts this year.Following the two-day monetary policy meeting in Washington on Wednesday, …
Read More »Dollar struggles to trim losses after Powell’s press conference
Following the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) modification of its interest rate estimates, which were more hawkish than anticipated, the US Dollar Index observed an upward trend on Wednesday. After the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell to a low of 104.30 in May due to lower-than-expected data, the dollar recovered …
Read More »Fed leaves policy rate unchanged at 5.25%-5.5% as expected
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) announced on Wednesday that it left the policy rate, federal funds rate, unchanged at the range of 5.25%-5.5% following the June policy meeting. This decision came in line with the market expectation. Fed will release the revised Summary of Economic Projections (SEP), the so-called dot …
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