It has been a big Wednesday for gold. FOMC decision should help convince Wall Street that a peak in Treasury yields (10-year) is in place. The Fed is still committed to fighting inflation and the market is getting very close to pricing in peak tightening.Gold looks like it could continue …
Read More »What Does Fed’s latest interest rate hike mean for US economy?
The latest 75-basis point rate hike from the Fed, decided on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, will make business debt of higher cost as the monthly payment on loans will be a bigger, if manageable, drain on cash flow.But higher debt interest payments are less significant for business owners than what …
Read More »Powell: We want to get to 3% to 3.5% by end-2022
FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell is commenting on the policy outlook following the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise the policy rate by 75 basis points to the range of 2.25-2.5%.Key Quotes“Our thinking is that we want to get to a moderately restrictive level by end of this year.”“That means 3% to …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Tuesday, July 26
a large amount of speculative interest was paying attention to US bond yields. The yield curve is the most inverted since 2000. 2-year Treasuries are yielding 3.03%, while the 10-year note yields 2.76%. An inverted curve is usually a sign of an upcoming recession. Economic Data Home purchases, in the …
Read More »ECB’s de Cos: Eurozone inflation outlook intensified
The European Central Bank’s Pablo Hernández de Cos said that there are risks to the Eurozone inflation outlook that remain on the upside and have intensified, ‘particularly in short term’.de Cos has stated that the risks include lasting deterioration of the economy in the Eurozone, and persistently high energy and …
Read More »CBRT keeps interest rates unchanged for the seventh time in a row
Turkey’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged for the seventh time in a row, despite Turkey’s inflation and its currency falling against the dollar to its lowest level since December. The Turkish Central Bank fixed the interest rate on the Turkish lira during the “repo” week of July at 14%, …
Read More »Inflation in Canada jumps to 8.1%, hitting a 39-year high
Statistics Canada said the annual inflation rate in Canada accelerated to 8.1% in June, the highest level since January 1983, mainly due to higher gasoline prices. The Federal Agency said that fuel price was the largest contributor to the increase in the overall rate, as the price of motor gasoline …
Read More »Is there a near peak after Canada’s inflation rate hits 8.1%?
The Canadian consumer price index (CPI) surged 8.1 per cent in June from a year earlier, up from 7.7 per cent in May, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday. It was the highest inflation rate since 1983. Canada’s inflation soared to its highest rate in nearly forty years in June, although …
Read More »UK annualized inflation accelerates by 9.4% in June
The UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate came in at 9.4% in June when compared to 9.1% seen in May while beating estimates of a 9.3% print, the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the core inflation gauge (excluding volatile food and energy items) eased …
Read More »EUR/USD rallies on a softer US dollar as ECB’s decision awaited
the EUR/USD pair sharply advances, on the track of the same prevalent sentiment, earlier during the European session. Investors are interested in leaks that the ECB might hike rates more than 25 bps in the July meeting. The news brought about the EUR/USD pair’s jump from 1.0160 towards daily highs …
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