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Gold rose on Wednesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of the army in a decision that restored the attractiveness of the yellow metal as a safe haven. Still, the strength of the dollar and the expectation of a US interest rate hike limited the gains. And …

Gold and silver prices are hesitantly lower in midday US session on Tuesday. Hawkish signals on monetary policies from the US central bank as well as other major central banks cast greyish shades on the stock and financial markets at the present moment.The hawkish tone with expectations of aggressive tightening …

At the time of writing, the precious metal trades around $1703. Earlier on Tuesday, gold future traded at $1712.80 with net decline of $9.80 or – 0.56%. Concurrently the dollar index was up 71 points or 0.65% and fixed at 110.22. This could mean that there was fractional buying in …

US shares have closed with losses for the third consecutive session, partially impacted by surging job openings. Each of the 11 S&P 500 sectors were in the red territory.Tuesday’s JOLTS data add more concerns around the hawkish stance adopted by the US central bank, just giving policymakers enough reasons to …

From an hourly perspective, GBP/USD is decelerating into a 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level, so, the GBP/USD pair is down by some 0.45% on the day so far while risk assets see some recovery following the bumpy ride into Jackson Hole speeches.The sterling climbed to 1.1760 from 1.1621 on Tuesday in …

Despite the US dollar’s strength, on Tuesday, the EUR/USD pair advances underpinned by ECB’s Governing Council members expressing the need for a 75 bps rate hike in September. US Consumer Confidence surprisingly surged, while job vacancies topped expectations.The ECB speakers were led by ECB Knot, who said he’s leaning towards …

Gold price bounced from five-week lows on Monday, amidst a downbeat market mood, after last Friday’s hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, spurred a fall in equities, propelling the greenback and US Treasury bond yields to fresh weekly highs. At the time of writing, XAU/USD is trading at …

Cryptocurrencies and stocks both pushed lower following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech today. Both cryptocurrencies and major stock indexes lost value this morning, as global market participants responded to the hawkish language that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell used in his keynote speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.The price …

The US Dollar Index has surged and managed to regain the uptrend after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech before Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Symposium, Friday morning, as the US central bank chair stressed that the monetary policymakers do not have the luxury to stop raising interest rates in the coming …

The US dollar retreated from its highest level in two decades against a basket of major currencies on Thursday, as investors awaited the speech of Federal Reserve Chairman (US Central Bank) Jerome Powell in anticipation of recent indications regarding the course of monetary policy. The Australian dollar has outperformed its …