The US dollar edges higher within range-bound holiday markets on Friday in an obviously quiet US trading session following the US Thanksgiving holiday. The American currency is near multi-month lows as the prospect of the Fed’s pace of policy tightening keeps impacting the dollar.Today has all the indicators of another …
Read More »Investors perplexed as ECB stir doubts about outlook
The European Central Bank’s top economists are wrangling over the outlook for inflation and interest rates, leaving investors perplexed over the central bank’s next policy moves.Philip Lane and Isabel Schnabel, who lead the economic debate on the ECB’s board, gave contrasting views this week on whether the Eurozone central bank …
Read More »Gold could struggle amid expectations of more policy tightening
Gold is trading around $1751 per ounce at the time of writing versus the previous closing price; $1754.18 The US dollar’s weakness has helped gold price to test $1,780 per ounce. On the other hand, the Fed’s commitment to fight inflation with tighter monetary policy leaves space for future dollar’s …
Read More »Gold’s luster fades with the rise of the dollar, but it is about to make a modest weekly rise
Gold prices fell on Friday, with the dollar restoring its upward trajectory, but expectations of a less sharp interest rate hike from the US Central Bank put the yellow metal on the path to achieving a small weekly gain. And gold fell in spot transactions 0.2 percent to $ 1751.49 …
Read More »Gold is about to achieve a weekly gain amid hopes that the US central bank will slow down the rate hike
Gold prices rose slightly on Friday, on track for a weekly gain, as it received support from a weaker dollar on signs that the Federal Reserve may soon slow the pace of raising interest rates. Spot gold rose 0.2 percent to $1,758.41 an ounce by 0223 GMT, and has risen …
Read More »Gold surges on Fed’s pivot signals by FOMC minutes
Gold prices extended gains on Wednesday as the FOMC minutes for November policy meeting showed a “substantial majority” of members opting to slow down rate hikes. Spot gold rose 0.6% to $1,750.38 per ounce, while US gold futures settled 0.6% higher at $1,750.90.Gold traded higher in a relief rally after …
Read More »EUR/USD surges on FOMC minutes
The Euro benefited from Wednesday’s FOMC minutes as the US Dollar weakened on the release of the November meeting’s minutes.The minutes have indicated that Fed policymakers agreed to slow the rate hikes, this news is weakening the US Dollar, so the Euro jumped against the US Dollar. At the time …
Read More »FOMC Minutes: Most Policymakers Supported Slowing Rate Hiking Pace Soon
There is a prevalent state of volatility across financial assets in all markets following the release of FOMC meeting minutes that has showed a substantial majority of the board see slowing hikes soon.According to the minutes, the Fed says rate peak to be higher than previously expected. There are uncertain …
Read More »FOMC Minutes to reveal how big support for higher peak rate could be
The Federal Reserve is expected to show how united policymakers were at their meeting earlier in November over a higher peak for interest rates than previously signaled as they calibrate their fight against decades-high inflation.At the conclusion of the Nov. 1-2 meeting of the US central bank’s policy-setting Federal Open …
Read More »All eyes on the RBNZ
On November 1 New Zealand house prices showed the first sign of strain, with their first annual fall in more than 11 years. Prices fell 0.6% from the previous year, and values fell for a 7th consecutive month. This is due to the affordability challenge for buyers either getting new …
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