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The Australian dollar undergoes a significant U-turns from 0.9490 and dives to one-week lows at 0.9350. analysts believe that Fed’s Powell is still taking a hawkish stance against hot inflation in front of the journalists, so, his remarks are pushing the USD higher.The dollar suffered following FOMC’s statement which is …

FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell comments on the policy outlook after the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise the policy rate by 75 basis points to the range of 3.75-4% following the November policy meeting.Key Quotes“If we overtighten then we have the ability with our tools to support economic activity.”“On the other …

US bonds rallied while new warnings are raised that a recession is inevitable in the United States ahead of Fed’s two-day policy meeting for November which is expected to result in a fifth-straight outsized rate hike.Traders are digesting the ISM manufacturing data for further clues on the state of the …

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, …

Bitcoin price is attempting to recapture $20,000 as support failed, the most famous cryptocurrency is trading at $19,045, namely below $19,100 but data still reveals some positive news. Earlier on Tuesday, markets briefly flashed green as equity markets bounced back from Monday’s pullback, bringing the Bitcoin price back to the …

FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell comments on the policy outlook after the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise the policy rate by 75 basis points to the range of 3-3.25% following the September policy meeting.Key quotes“Plausible that job openings could come down without as much of increase in unemployment”.“Longer run inflation expectations …

US stocks slid on Tuesday as the Fed kicked off its two-day policy meeting and Wall Street looked ahead to another large rate hike, to be announced on Wednesday.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 340 points, or 1.1%. The S&P 500 shed 1% and the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.7%.The Federal …

The US dollar finished the trading session with mixed performance versus rival currencies. After a seemingly volatile day, the EUR/USD pair is little changed, just below parity after the ECB’s 75 bps rate hike that came in line with expectations.The Canadian dollar surged against the US dollar, with the pair …

The Non-Farm Payrolls report has been the dominant market for the past week. Nonfarm Payrolls in the US rose by 315,000 in August, this reading followed July’s increase of 526,000 (revised from 528,000) and came in slightly better than the market expectation of 300,000. The Unemployment Rate rose to 3.7% …

This Friday’s NFP report for August comes one week after remarks by Fed’s Jerome Powell, in his speech before Jackson Hole symposium, opening the door for important questions, including but not limited to: how much the jobs data will convince Fed’s policymakers of a certain QT course.NFP data has usually …