Hopes for a dovish stance by the Fed are widespread across financial markets as they are heading towards the end of the month and the FOMC policy decision on February 1. ECB policy decision is also awaited for direction. Investors and traders are closely watching Thursday’s GDP data in the …
Read More »Earnings drop drags Wall Street lower
US stocks traded within a tight range on Tuesday after contrasting Q4 earning reports from investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, while China unveiled disappointing annual GDP data.Wall Street’s S&P 500 edged 0.2 per cent lower, supported by rising prices for energy and banking companies, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq …
Read More »Canada: Real GDP expands by 0.1% in October as expected
The Canadian economy expanded by 0.1% in October as expected. The USD/CAD pair continues to trade in negative territory near 1.3600. Real Gross Domestic Product of Canada grew by 0.1% on a monthly basis in October, Statistics Canada reported on Friday. This reading followed September’s 0.2% growth and came in …
Read More »Oil is rising thanks to the expected decline in Russian exports
Oil prices rose on Friday amid expectations of lower Russian crude exports from the Baltic region this month, alleviating fears that a severe winter storm in the United States could wipe out holiday fuel demand growth. And by 0148 GMT, Brent crude rose 88 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $ …
Read More »Oil retreats on fears linked to rate hiking, tighter US stockpiles
Airlines cancelled nearly 2,000 US flights scheduled for Thursday and Friday in the United States, disrupting holiday travel for thousands and sending a bearish signal for travel fuel demand.Also keeping a lid on prices was a rising U.S. dollar and fall in equities, said Jim Ritterbusch of Ritterbusch and Associates, …
Read More »Wall Street slides on positive US economic data
Wall Street’s major indexes dropped on Thursday after fresh US economic data underlined the US economy’s strength and erased concerns over the Federal Reserve’s continued monetary policy tightening.Losses in rate-sensitive megacap growth stocks such as Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc pulled technology and consumer discretionary shares lower.The final …
Read More »Britain’s economic growth slowed to 1.9% in the third quarter of 2022 on an annual basis
The pace of British GDP growth slowed in the third quarter of 2022, as the economy grew by 1.9%, compared to expectations of a growth of 2.4%, after the economy had previously recorded a growth of 4.4%. On a quarterly basis, the UK economy contracted by 0.3%, compared to expectations …
Read More »Will Fed step down pace of interest rate hiking?
Tomorrow is Jerome Powell’s last FOMC speech for 2022. The Federal Reserve has previously signaled a general tendency to step down the pace of interest rate hikes upon concluding its two-day meeting on Wednesday, with extensive expectations of a half-point rate hike to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. Nevertheless, …
Read More »Eurozone GDP grows at an annual rate of 2.3% in Q3
Eurostat reported Wednesday that seasonally adjusted Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Euro area expanded at an annual rate of 2.3% in the third quarter. This reading followed the 4.2% growth recorded in the second quarter and came in higher than the initial estimate and the market expectation of 2.1%. …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 30/11/2022
Overall, market sentiment fluctuated between optimism and concerns, as the US Dollar started the trading day with negative performance. The American currency managed to recover by mid-way, and finally fell closing in the red territory against its major rival currencies.US Dollar’s slump resulted from US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s …
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