Based on the latest remarks by Fed Chair Jerome Powell and the latest statements by Fed officials about monetary policy tightening in the US, major banks expect the Fed to take a break but signal higher rates ahead, meaning that the battle against inflation is not over, with a special …
Read More »Financial Assets’ Weekly Recap, May 29 – June 2
Financial assets’ price moves along past week have been led by a number of major developments most notably: the US non-farm payrolls data shortly after the US debt ceiling deal, as well as the European inflation data.Oil Prices Hope For More Optimism Oil prices rallied for the second day on …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 02/06/2023
Dow jumped 700 points on the US hot jobs report as Nasdaq notched sixth straight winning week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged for its best day since January as traders cheered a strong jobs report and the passage of a debt ceiling bill that averts a US default.shares popped …
Read More »How has US dollar reacted to NFP data?
The US Dollar rebounds on impressive US jobs report for May. The American currency managed to stage a modest rebound following Thursday’s selloff.The US Dollar Index stays below 104.00 and looks to snap a three-week winning streak. It registers 103.982 at the time of writing. Impressive May jobs data from …
Read More »NFP data expectations by key bank experts
Experts from a number of key banks do expect labour market to lose momentum only slowly. On Friday, the US Bureau of Labour Statistics will release the May jobs report and as markets get closer to the release time, here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of 10 …
Read More »Intel makes big moves after earlier Wall Street’s declining performance
Intel shares popped about 4% after the chipmaker announced it could soon see a turnaround. Speaking at a conference, CFO David Zinsner said the company’s data center division is starting to “turn the corner,” while adding that China inventory should start to ease after Q3 and that Q2 revenue will …
Read More »Gold prices end higher on retreating US Treasury yields
Gold prices ended higher Tuesday, partially buoyed by declining US Treasury yields, after the most-active futures contract briefly touched its lowest level since March overnight. Gold found support Tuesday from a retreat in US Treasury yields. Gold prices have retreated for most of May as the dollar has strengthened and …
Read More »Fed’s Waller hints at rate ‘hike’, ‘skip’ in June, but no ‘pause’
Ahead of FOMC minutes, Fed’s Christopher Waller stated, on Wednesday, that while the US central bank may decide not to raise interest rates at its meeting next month, he is concerned about the lack of progress on inflation and believes that the rate-hiking campaign would likely continue. Waller made the …
Read More »EUR/USD sinks to four-week lows on stronger dollar
The EUR/USD pair drops to 1.0916 as US PPI data slows and unemployment claims rise, strengthening the US Dollar. US Treasury bond yields fall with investors pricing in three rate cuts by the Federal Reserve by December 2023.ECB speakers emphasize slowing inflation in the Eurozone, with further rate hikes left …
Read More »US: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims jump to 264K
The weekly data published by the US Department of Labour (DOL) on Thursday showed that initial jobless claims totaled 264,000 in the week ending May 6. The figure comes in above market expectations of 245,000 and follows the previous week’s unrevised figure of 242,000. The reading was the highest since …
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