The job data announced Friday by the Labor Department imply more dollar-printing from the Federal Reserve until investors have a rethink.While America gained only 194,000 positions in September, upside revisions and silver linings such as temporary Delta-related halts changed the direction.As the expectation for Fed’s tapering has become lower, the …
Read More »Could Cryptos challenge the USD’s dominance?
The U. S. dollar’s dominant role in global markets is most likely to continue, but the rapid rise of cryptocurrencies may diminish the dollar’s status, according to a new paper by the Federal Reserve. Private digital currencies, such as Bitcoin and Ether, as well as government backed coins, could reduce …
Read More »Mnuchin warns of inflation risk, 3.5% Treasury yields
U.S. government debt yields edged up Thursday, with the 10- and 30-year rates hitting their highest levels since June, as stocks advanced on a temporary debt ceinling deal by Congress and a drop in weekly jobless benefit claims. Steven Mnuchin, the former U.S. Treasury secretary, warned about the risks of …
Read More »U. S. stocks fall over taper concerns triggered by jobs data
U.S. stock indexes fell on Wednesday shortly after strong private jobs in September was announced. The ADP National Employment Report showed private payrolls increased by 568,000 jobs last month. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a rise of 428,000 jobs.The jobs data fueled investors’ concerns that the U. S. Fed …
Read More »Wall Street closes sharply higher over Big Tech gains
Facebook shares have bounced by 2.1% one day after taking a beating as services resumed following outage.Tech and financial companies Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet are significantly among top advancers, each rose more than 1% following a selloff in growth stocks the day before. PepsiCo gains on raising annual revenue …
Read More »USD/CHF trims loss and approaches 0.9300
The USD/CHF pair has remained biased higher on the long term. The US dollar has regained lost ground on Tuesday, following three successive days in the red area, after bouncing at 0.9225 lows and return to levels near 0.9300.The safe-haven Swiss Franc has lost ground due to a moderate risk …
Read More »Gold rebounds after testing $1,750
A strong spontaneous rise in the US bond yields prompted new selling around gold on Monday. The risk-off impulse, a broad-based USD weakness would help limit deeper losses as uptrend potential appears limited above $1750.After managing to close the previous week in the positive territory, gold got lower during the …
Read More »US Bond Yields Stabilize Below Their High Levels
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury was at 1.49% in the first full trading week of October, below a 3-month high of 1.56% last week, as traders continue to digest the prospects for an early Fed tightening despite ongoing inflationary pressure. Last week, Fed Chair Powell said at the …
Read More »Fed’s Kashkari watching inflation, QE and Governance Impact
Unemployment data still irritate the U. S. economy as Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said that he is watching the labor market for signs of when millions of workers who were forced to leave their jobs during the pandemic will return. Kashkari said that he …
Read More »Bitcoin moves higher after Powell’s comments
Bitcoin managed to settle above the 20 EMA which is located near $44,000 and is trying to settle above the 50 EMA at $44,600. RSI is in the moderate territory, and there is plenty of room to gain additional upside momentum.Bitcoin has reaped some gains after the comments by Fed …
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