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The last trading week ended with a decline in the US dollar as risk appetite improved with optimism around Omicron, in addition to data out of the USA. As a result, the dollar index, which measures the strength of the US currency against a basket of currencies, fell to 95.7. …

Nonfarm Payrolls relatively disappointed prior estimates, but the labor market indicators were stronger than expected. The employment data has had a modest impact on the forex market. In the light of the NFP data, the US Fed is very determined to move out of easing policy settings.Economic DataNonfarm Payrolls (NFP) …

The minutes of the 14-15 December FOMC meeting, released on Wednesday, said most participants judged conditions for rate hike could be met soon. According to FOMC Minutes, recent high levels of inflation will raise the public’s longer-term inflation expectations to levels higher than those consistent with the committee’s longer-run inflation …

The financial markets closed the trading week ending on December 24, with the progress of risk assets, led by global stocks, over the rest of the safe-haven assets, led by the US dollar. Over that week, the main drivers of the markets were the economic data and positive developments regarding …

Over the course of a year, consumer prices rose by 5.7%, the fastest surge of inflation seen in decades. Now, the omicron variant of COVID-19 is threatening any progress the country’s economy has made.In the late 1970s when inflation surged to 7, 8, 9, up to 11%, it was a …

It has been a big week for a number of major central banks worldwide. Central banks continuing to raise interest rates in an effort to tame inflation, largely dismissing for now the threat to economic growth posed by the spread of the Omicron variant. On ‘Super Thursday’ for central banks, …

The British pound has skyrocketed during the trading session on Thursday against most currencies, and of course against the Japanese yen which was not an exception. There has been an overall risk on type of move for the session, and that will help this pair. It is worth noting that …

Central bank decisions, Omicron developments, and US inflation data were the past week’s highlights. The Reserve Bank of Australia decided to keep the interest rate at as low as 0.10% but left the door open to expectations of a rate hike earlier than previously thought in 2022. It indicated that …

The Narodowy Bank Polski (NBP), Poland’s central bank, raised its benchmark interest rate by 50bps as expected to 1.75% on Wednesday. The central bank also raised each of its other interest rates by 50bps; the discount rate on bills of exchange was lifted to 1.85% from 1.35%, the Lombard rate …

Strong economic recovery, rising nominal yields and potential rate hikes are factors that together hurt investors’ appetite for gold, which has affected other precious metals as well, according to the latest report by London-based Metals Focus Consultancy.Metals Focus said that the threat of new virus variants, concerns of stagflation and …