The precious metal is trading at $1784.27 per ounce at the time of writing versus the previous closing price at $1797.11.Inflation data from the US and the Federal Reserve’s policy decision are expected to help investors obviously see whether gold price can extend its bullish rally into the end of …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap 5 – 9 December
The dollar rose against the euro on Friday after US producer price data for November came in slightly higher than expected, casting doubt on whether the Federal Reserve will slow down the pace of interest rate hikes at its meeting next week. The data showed US producer prices rose 0.3 …
Read More »Fed’s Powell to resist rate cuts in 2023
Previewing the FOMC’s December policy meeting, Rabobank analysts said they expect the US central bank to hike the policy rate by 50 basis points and see policymakers revising the terminal rate projection to the neighbourhood of 5%.Key Quotes“We expect that Powell will continue to push back against rate cuts in …
Read More »Dollar is recovering some of its losses amid continuing recession fears
On Thursday, the dollar recouped some of the losses it posted the day before, as investors focused on expectations of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy path amid fears that higher interest rates could trigger a recession. With the Bank of Japan holding long-term bond yields near zero, the yen weakened …
Read More »Oil prices are rising after reaching their lowest levels in 2022
Oil prices recovered in early Asian trade on Thursday after tumbling to their lowest level this year, as production and gasoline inventories rose in the United States as concerns grew that an economic slowdown could weaken demand for fuel. Brent crude futures rose $1 to $78.17 a barrel, by 0600 …
Read More »USD/CAD slides following BoC’s rate decision
The USD/CAD falls during the US tgrading session after the Bank of Canada hiked rates by 50 bps, from 3.75% to 4.25%, in line with analysts’ expectations, triggering a fall from around 1.3700 to 1.3505. At the time of writing, the USD/CAD remains volatile, trading around 1.3600-1.3615.The Bank of Canada …
Read More »Oil is falling near its lowest level in 2022, under pressure from economic concerns
Oil futures witnessed little change in Asian trading on Wednesday, December 7th, as fears about the impact of the cap imposed by the West on the price of Russian oil were offset by hopes for an improvement in demand from China, which kept the markets in anticipation after a sharp …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 06/12/2022
Uncertainty is prevalent regarding the Fed’s intentions that will unfold after FOMC meeting, later in December. Fed officials hinted at an easing pace of quantitative tightening starting as soon as this month, despite signs of easing inflation, but doubts are increasing lest the economy should fall in long-lasting recession.ECB’s Constantinos …
Read More »Explainer: How Does CAD React To Expansion of Canada’s Economic Activity
Fresh data has indicated expansion of Canadian economic activity at a faster pace in November and a measure of price pressures cooled according to Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data, released on Tuesday.The seasonally adjusted index rose to 51.4 in November from 50.1 in October. The Ivey PMI measures the …
Read More »Will the BoC raise rates?
Going into the last BoC meeting short-term interest rate markets were split between a 50 and 75 bps rate hike. In the end, the BoC hiked by only 50bps and flagged some concerns about slowing growth which weighed on the CAD in the immediate aftermath. The Bank of Canada flagged …
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