According to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, the Fed is ready to take more drastic action if the “totality” of incoming data shows that more stringent policies are needed to manage inflation. In response to recent good statistics, the Federal Reserve will probably need to increase interest rates more than expected.“The …
Read More »GBP/USD nosedived on hawkish remarks by Fed Chair
GBP/USD dropped more than 150 pips and fell from 1.2000 to 1.1840s. Hawkish comments by the US Fed Chair Jerome Powell at the Senate keeps investors assessing a 50 bps hike in March.The pair is now retreating over 100 pips as Powell testifies at the US Senate on Tuesday. The …
Read More »Bank of Canada Preview
the BoC is planning to maintain rates at their pre-financial crisis high of 4.50%; however, this does not necessarily suggest that they will be dropped as quickly as they were nearly 16 years ago. It is time for the Bank of Canada (BoC) to follow through on its promises to …
Read More »Goldman Sachs expects Apple stock to rise by 32%
Goldman Sachs sees Apple stock as having a chance of gaining about 32% over the next 12 months. The US bank said in a note on Sunday, March 5, that the market’s focus on slowing product revenue growth reduces the value of Apple’s wide range of products and its large …
Read More »RBA Preview: Central Bank’s Decision Could Yield One of Three Possibilities
The Reserve Bank of Australia is about to issue its decision on interest rates, and economists are discussing their predictions for this event as well as the effects of every conceivable scenario on the price action of the AUD/USD pair.i) Hawkish +25 bps, likely by about 35%More interest rate rises …
Read More »Noor Capital | Mohammed Hashad Interview on Dubai TV – 06 March 2023
Interviewed by Dubai TV on Monday, Mohammed Hashad, Head of Research and Development at Noor Capital and the member of the US Association of Technical Analysts, commented on the most important developments in the global financial markets on the first day of this trading week. (I) ChinaAsked how the news …
Read More »RBA Preview: Forecasts from 6 major banks
These are the predictions made by the economists and analysts of 6 major banks on the impending central bank’s decision. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will issue its next monetary policy decision on Tuesday, March 7 at 03:30 GMT. In March, the RBA is expected to issue another rate …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, February 27 – March 3
The dollar fell from the highest level in two and a half months against the yen on Friday and headed towards recording its first weekly loss since January against other major currencies as dealers try to determine the course of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. The yen, particularly sensitive to …
Read More »ECB may raise rates by 50 basis points in March and May.
The next meeting by ECB’s policymakers will take place on March 16. Experts do anticipate that the central bank’s deposit rate will peak at 4% following increases of 50 basis points in both March and May and 25 basis points in both June and July.analysts have revised their predictions for …
Read More »Bostic hints at Fed’s potential rate hike pause by mid to late summer
By mid- to late-summer, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic, the US central bank may be able to halt the current tightening cycle. Although he supports a rate increase of 25 basis points in March, he cautioned that monetary policymakers are “monitoring” incoming data that shows …
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