Nonfarm Payrolls in the US are expected to appear above “normal” once again. That would affirm that the US employment situation remains “hot”, and that the Fed can focus on getting inflation down. According to the latest BLS report, there were over 10.1M job openings, but just 6.0M people were …
Read More »RBA Policy Preview: Dovish Signals Could Harm
Most economists expect the Reserve Bank of Australia to decide one more big rate hike on Tuesday before shifting to slower moves in the near future. With a majority of Australian mortgages on adjustable rates, policymakers could issue a decision that is weighing inflation control and currency support against a …
Read More »Fed policymakers united on combating inflation
The Fed’s Vice Chair Lael Brainard, on Friday, stressed that any rate cut would be premature. Brainard added her full support of US central bank’s higher for longer plan for interest rates to combat inflation that new data shows is still at more than three times as much as the …
Read More »Analysts expect Euro to remain below parity
Analysts believe the EUR/USD pair is moving to the downside over the next months at a more gradual speed. They have a target of 0.95 in a twelve months perspective. Fundamentally, the US could continue to be a higher interest rate market and equities continue to appeal to foreign investors. …
Read More »Wall Street selloff accelerates after brief break
Shares sell off began on Thursday as the dollar slightly slid and eased its domination over currency markets amid recession fears that quake the stocks and bonds markets suffering more interest rate pain.After a partial rebound on Wednesday, US stocks sharply fell on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell …
Read More »Mexican central bank raises interest rate
Mexico’s central bank said the board was unanimous on the rate decision where it raised the benchmark interest rate to 9.25% from 8.50%. The USD/MXN pair is 0.25% bid on the day at 20.1947.Key QuotesSays the balance of risks for the trajectory of inflation within the forecast horizon remains biased …
Read More »EUR/USD around 20 year lows
The EUR/USD is pressured and teasing two-decade low marked earlier in the week. Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks, in the Baltic Sea, renewed fears about Europe’s energy crisis, and at the same time raised recession-linked fears. The EUR/USD pair holds lower grounds around the yearly bottom marked on Monday, …
Read More »Fed’s Bullard downplays recession risk on US level
Speedy US rate hikes raised the risk of recession, but it is likely to be caused by an outside shock rather than from the collapse of the American economy that remains robust according to statements by St. Louis Fed president James Bullard.Bullard said, at an economic forum in London, that …
Read More »Gold jumps 1% amid dollar weakness and rate hike fears
Gold prices jumped 1 percent on Tuesday as the dollar weakened, although the Federal Reserve’s expectations of a further interest rate hike kept the precious metal near its lowest level in two and a half years. And the price of gold in spot transactions increased by 1.1 percent to 1639.94 …
Read More »Gold Hits fresh lows amid fears to fall further
Gold is sliding into fresh lows after being held back by the bears below $1,650 on corrections on Monday. The precious metal dropped to the lowest in more than two years while the US dollar extends its uptrend due to recession-linked fears and rising interest rates. The US bond yields …
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