Who is Rishi Sunak? What does it mean that he became UK new prime minister? Rishi Sunak is now the new leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, the Torys. He is Britain’s next prime minister after both the leading candidates considered his rivals in the race to replace Liz Truss …
Read More »Markets’ Weekly Recap, October 17-21
Japan’s government and central bank intervened in the currency market early Saturday to support the retreating yen, triggering a dramatic rebound against the dollar after the Japanese currency had reached a fresh 32-year low of nearly 152 against the dollar.Finance Ministry Vice Minister Masato Kanda told reporters he would not …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 20/10/2022
Soaring treasury yields managed to save the US dollar on Thursday. The American currency started the trading day with negative performance, but later was able to trim intraday losses and finished the day little changed against most major rival currencies.The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note picked at 4.23%, …
Read More »Could Boris Johnson run in Tory leadership race?
After UK PM Liz Truss resigned on Thursday, she became the shortest-serving prime minister in history. Attention is now set on the Tory leadership race.The election at the Conservative Party could take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, according to UK newspapers. In case of having an outright winner, the new …
Read More »Sterling rallies on November hike bets, Liz Truss Departure
The British Pound rallied on Thursday and investors reined in their bets on a big Bank of England interest rate hike in November as UK Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation just six weeks after she was appointed.At the time of writing the GBP/USD pair is trading at 1.129 …
Read More »Liz Truss to quit as prime minister
Liz Truss is to issue a statement resigning as prime minister after just 45 days, following the near-complete evaporation of her political authority, a process begun by last month’s disastrous mini-budget. “It’s over,” a source said. Truss, who would become the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history, has been under …
Read More »Suella Braverman quits UK home secretary post
Suella Braverman has left her position as UK Home Secretary, adding to the turmoil surrounding Prime Minister Liz Truss’s six-week government. In less than a week, after finance minister, Kwasi Kwarting, had been fired on Friday.The Home Secretary was reported to be leaving “by order” from the new Finance Minister …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 14/10/2022
The 10-year US Treasury yields travelled above 4% on Friday, while the US dollar index neared 20-year highs after this week’s macro data paving the way for more rate hikes by Fed.In response, gold dropped below the $1,650 an ounce level, with December futures last trading at $1,643.87, down 1.74% …
Read More »GBP/USD drops amidst UK political row
The GBP/USD pair falls below 1.1200 due to political row in the UK. At the time of writing, the GBP/USD is trading at 1.1177, below its opening price, after hitting a daily high of 1.1366. The British pound extends its loss amid two weeks of chaos around Liz Truss’s mini-budget, …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 3/10/2022
The US dollar resumed its decline at the beginning of the week on the first US trading session in October, ending Monday with losses across the board while Government bond yields were sharply lower but moved off their intraday lows ahead of the close.The EUR/USD pair was able to advance …
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