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Fed Chair Jerome Powell faces a challenge in keeping the US central bank’s policy plans flexible, as investors believe the cooling economy means tightening is over. The FOMC prepares for its final two-day meeting of 2023, and Powell is expected to use his press conference on Wednesday to emphasise that …

The Swiss Franc is experiencing a weakening trend in most pairs due to stronger US data, which has buoyed market sentiment. The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and Bank of England are all scheduled to make announcements after their meetings this week. The improved outlook for the US on Friday’s …

On Tuesday, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the most important inflation measure, the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for November. Economists and researchers from some major banks forecast that the core CPI will stay constant at 4.0% YoY while the headline CPI will decrease slightly to …

The dollar opened higher on Monday, with US inflation data and the Federal Reserve’s final monetary policy meeting of the year likely to determine the dollar’s movement during the week, while increasing deflationary pressures in China weighed on the yuan. The US dollar rose again above 145 yen to 145.62 …

Japan’s Nikkei index recovered on Monday from its lowest levels in a month recorded last week, supported by the yen’s decline from a four-month peak and Wall Street rising on increasing bets on the US economy reaching safety. The Nikkei index ended Monday’s trading up 1.5 percent at 32,791.80 points …

The US Dollar Index has soared to the 104.05 mark, driven by positive labor market cues and a surge in yields, suggesting that markets are delaying rate cuts in 2024. The gains were fueled by economic reports from November, including Average Hourly Earnings, Unemployment Rate, and Nonfarm Payrolls, which collectively …

According to data released on Friday by the Bureau of Labour Statistics, Non-farm payrolls rose by 199,000 following an unrevised 150,000 jump in October. Analysts were expecting a 180,000 increase.In November, the unemployment rate decreased slightly from 3.9% in October to 3.7%, defying predictions that it would stay the same.Average …

The Japanese Nikkei index fell at the end of the trading session on Friday, December 8th, and recorded its largest weekly losses since mid-September. At the end of the session, the Nikkei index fell by about 1.68% to 32,307 points, recording weekly losses of 3.36%, but it is still up …

Gold is heading towards recording its first weekly decline in four weeks after the rise of the dollar, but prices stabilized on Friday as markets awaited key data on US jobs for signs that the Federal Reserve may cut interest rates in early March. Gold increased 0.1 percent to $2,030.32 …

The yen continued its sharp rise on Friday and is on track to record its best weekly performance against the dollar in nearly five months, with traders’ expectations increasing that Japan will soon end its ultra-easy monetary policy. A generally stronger yen capped the dollar’s rise, which remained in a …