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The US Dollar tumbled immediately after CPI data, and trims losses after Wall Street opened. Inflation confirms the US economy’s slowdown,In a seemingly volatile session, the US dollar has sharply reversed during the last hour and turned positive across the board. The GBP/USD pair peaked after the US inflation data …

The European Central Bank’s governing council member Mario Centeno said on Tuesday the current process of interest rate increases is approaching its end.The ECB’s policymaker added “even though inflation may have some resistance in January and February it will resume falling in March.”EUR/USD pair is trading at 1.0741 at the …

The EUR/GBP pair has paid little attention to the news related to Northern Ireland this week although, this week’s news provides a glimmer of hope for the outlook regarding the Northern protocol and consequently for an improvement in investor sentiment, as the factors impacting the UK economic backdrop remains sour.The …

US equities had a surprise reason for celebrating with the first day of the second trading week in the new year. So far, in 2023, Wall Street has swung from sadness to joy.US Stocks are enjoying a robust year beginning after 2022’s disappointing performance. Even though the Dow fell more …

Industrial Production in Germany increased in November, the official data showed on Monday, suggesting that the manufacturing sector is showing some signs of recovery. Eurozone’s economic powerhouse’s Industrial Output rose by 0.2% MoM, the federal statistics authority Destatis said in figures adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, vs -0.1% prior. …

Wall Street’s major indices closed higher on Friday, supported by reports that although jobs increased in the United States more than expected, wage increases slowed and services activity contracted, easing concerns about the path of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. The data published by Automatic Data Processing (ADP) …

Inflation in the euro area, as measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), declined to 9.2% on a yearly basis in December from 10.1% in November, Eurostat announced on Friday. This reading came in below the market expectation of 9.7%. The annual Core HICP rose to 5.2% from …

The buoyancy of nonfarm payroll growth has seemed at probabilities with other signs that the jobs market is beginning to sour. As a result, we look for nonfarm payroll growth to decrease noticeably in the months ahead, starting with December’s employment report showing hiring slowing to 205,000. Demand for employees …

The Federal Open Market Committee released the Minutes of the December 14-15 Meeting, spurring little action across the major assets. The US Dollar was little changed with the news, although US short-term interest-rate futures dropped. Key Quotes Most participants welcomed inflation easing in October and November but agreed it would …

On Wednesday, Fed’s Neel Kashkari said he was wrong to have thought that inflation would prove “transitory” last year, and called for more rate hikes, suggesting that this will be appropriate in 2023 to continue bringing down price pressures. “While I believe it is too soon to definitively declare that …