The AUD/USD reverses the pullback from the weekly high, after posting the biggest daily fall in a week, as traders prepare for the Australia employment report for April. Even so, the broad risk-off mood probe the recovery moves near 0.6975-80 amid the early Thursday morning in Asia.Market sentiment soured the …
Read More »Euro area GDP grows at an annualized rate of 5.1% in Q1
The data published by Eurostat showed on Tuesday that the seasonally adjusted Gross Domestic Product grew at an annualized rate of 5.1% in the first quarter, compared to the market expectation of 5%.On a quarterly basis, GDP increased by 0.3%. Finally, the Employment Change was up 0.5% in the first …
Read More »Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index May Preview
Consumer sentiment data are not normally trading events on most calendars, however, under the current feverish markets, almost any unexpected result will generate a reaction. If the Michigan Index is worse than expected it will spark fears of consumer led recession prompting further equity declines and the US dollar’s status …
Read More »Fed’s Bostic: GDP will increase by 2.6% this year
The US GDP will increase by 2.6% this year according to Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic. The Fed’s policymaker also mentioned that the economy is strong, and demand is high, adding that Fed policy must be robust, vigilant, and adaptive.Following the comments, the EUR/USD pair is defensive around 1.0530, keeping …
Read More »GBP/USD recovers from three days of losses, ahead of US Retail Sales, CPI
The British sterling recovered some ground despite the prevalent risk-off environment across the financial markets, while the US dollar reached a 20-year high around 104.187 as market players flew towards safe-haven peers. At the time of writing, the GBP/USD is trading at 1.2373.The GBP/USD pair has traded at a new …
Read More »EUR/GBP highest since December, approaching 0.8600
The British pound remains under pressure, still hit by the BoE meeting. The Euro among top performers on Friday. The EUR/GBP pair is posting a weekly gain of almost 200 pips, the best in months.The EUR/GBP rose further on Friday and climbed to 0.8590, reaching the highest intraday level since …
Read More »US Equities to close lower on NFP data
Major US indices have bounced from earlier intra-day lows hit after strong US jobs data, but are still lower. The latest NFP report was deemed as easing US growth weakness concerns and strengthening Fed tightening conviction. After testing multi-month lows printed earlier in the week following strong US jobs data, …
Read More »FOMC Considers Aggressive Measures As Investors Await Rate Decision
The investors’ major focus point on Wednesday will be on the decision and press conference by the two-day Fed’s policy meeting, as financial markets expect the US central bank to press ahead with a rate hike and formally announce the launch of a much-anticipated balance sheet reduction.The Federal Open Market …
Read More »Nasdaq retreats to worst low since 2008 crisis
US equities and stocks plunged on Friday, with the Nasdaq marking its worst month since October 2008 and the S&P notching its worst month since March 2020 at the onset of the Covid pandemic.The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 4.2% on Friday, dragged down by Amazon (AMZN), which dropped nearly 15% after …
Read More »US consumer income growing, but unable to cope with inflation
Data released on Friday showed personal income rose 0.5% in March and a 1% increase in personal spending. Consumers had to dip into savings to pull it off, but not only did real personal expenditures rise in March, revisions lifted real February spending into positive territory as well, noted analysts …
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