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After Jerome Powell, Fed Chair declared that monetary policymakers will proceed carefully in making interest rate decisions, Wall Street is hoping for its first profitable week in four weeks. The Nasdaq composite and Dow Jones Industrial Average both increased by 0.9% in late trade, while the S&P 500 increased by …

Powell’s hawkish tone on inflation and potential for further rate hikes propels USD/CAD to a three-month high of 1.3640, currently trading at 1.3613.Philadelphia Fed’s Patrick Harker adds fuel to the fire, stating rates are already restrictive and may need to rise further if inflation stalls.Lackluster Canadian retail sales data at …

The US stock market experienced losses due to a stronger USD and hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve officials at the Jackson Hole Symposium. The SPX erased gains from Wednesday, retreating to 4,380. Fed officials Thomas Barkin and Susan Collins sounded hawkish at the beginning of the symposium. Jerome Powell’s speech …

President Jerome Powell is expected to deliver new monetary policy cues later this week, but while many aren’t expecting the Fed chief’s remarks to be laced with the ‘pain’ warning from last year, there are concerns that he may raise the prospect of higher longer-term interest rates. According to Goldman …

After six straight days of losses, the EUR/USD is now trading near 1.0900. at the time of writing, the pair is seen at 1.0895. Upside inflation concerns were alluded to in the German Buba Monthly Report, which encouraged hawkish bets on the European Central Bank. Investors are looking forward to …

After four days of losses, the USD/JPY pair almost reached 150.00. After the BOJ’s Monetary stance Statement reiterated its ultra-loose stance, USD/JPY gave up earlier gains.US Core PCE declined to 4.1% YoY in June, which fueled a drop in US rates. The USD/JPY pair hit a daily low of 138.05. …

Jerome Powell said that the US “labour market remains very tight” and that demand still and that demand for labor “substantially exceeds supply of available workers.”However, the Fed chair did note that the labor market is not as hot as it was last year. “There are some continuing signs that …

The WTI climbed above $79.00. The American crude records a four-day winning streak on Tuesday, but the upside may be limited to technical indicators starting to flash overbought conditions.Chinese economic stimulus supported Oil prices while focus in the markets shifts to Wednesday’s Fed decision. Earlier in the day, Chinese news …

The Standard & Poor’s 500 and Nasdaq indexes fell at the close on Wall Street on Thursday, affected by the decline in Tesla and Netflix shares after the release of their quarterly results, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher for the ninth consecutive day, thanks to Johnson & …

Job growth in the United States slowed more than expected in June after a sharp increase in the previous month, but the labor market shortage persisted, with the unemployment rate falling from a seven-month high and relatively large wage increases continuing. On Friday, the Labor Department said in its well-watched …