Wall Street is rallying on Thursday, led by enthusiasm mainly stirred by tech stocks and a significant surge of Meta; Facebook’s parent company.The S&P 500 was 1.5% higher in midday trading a day after hitting its highest level since August. The Nasdaq composite was 3.1% higher, as of 12:35 p.m. …
Read More »Gold price gives up Wednesday’s gains on BoE, ECB decisions
Gold seems unable to benefit from the falling US Treasury. On the other hand, the US dollar recovered some ground, on the back of the Euro and Pound Sterling fall. On Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve hiked rates by 25 bps and signaled it is about to end its cycle. …
Read More »Market Drivers On Fed’s Day – US Session 01/02/2023
The US Dollar weakened after the US Fed’s monetary policy decision. The FOMC policymakers decided to hike rate by 25 basis points in line with wide expectations. The FOMC statement indicated that policymakers changed the wording on inflation, noting that it “has eased somewhat but remains elevated,” although there were …
Read More »Has FOMC Decision Dragged US Dollar Index Lower?
The US Dollar Index hit lowest level in almost three weeks on Fed’s dovish hike. The Federal Reserve’s decision came in line with 0.25% rate hike expectations but the dovish signals came in Jerome Powell’s remarks about easing inflation in the United States, these signals were most welcome by DXY …
Read More »Fed’s Powell : Disinflationary process is in early stages
FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell comments on the policy outlook after the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise the policy rate by 25 basis points to the range of 4.5-4.75% following the first policy meeting of 2023. Key Quotes “Very difficult to manage the risk of doing too little on rates.” “We …
Read More »Wall Street’s Optimism Faces FOMC’s Test
Strong January as well as latest gains in the stocks market are driven by hope that the US interest rate hiking cycle is close to its end and that a pause is on the cards. If investors’ expectations are eventually found mistaken about this hope, a drop could be very …
Read More »Gold rose to an 8-month high as investors awaited inflation data
Gold rose to its highest level in eight months on Wednesday, supported by the dollar’s decline, but it is still moving in a relatively narrow range as investors await inflation data that may affect the Federal Reserve (US Central Bank) raising interest rates. And by 0615 GMT, spot gold prices …
Read More »US stocks surge after Powell’s speech
US stocks closed higher, on Tuesday, following a choppy session, as markets digested a downgraded global outlook from the World Bank and awaited key inflation data. US stocks have made modest gains after Fed Chair Jerome Powell had said the US central bank may need to make unpopular decisions to …
Read More »Gold Cautiously Moves Higher Ahead Of US CPI Data
The US Dollar is starting to recover after dropping to seven-month lows and a rebound could follow a higher Consumer Price Index data. Gold price is trading at $1877.24 at the time of writing, higher by almost 0.3% versus the previous closing price at $1871.65 on Monday, after climbing from …
Read More »Canada’s dollar weakens ahead of US inflation data
The Canadian dollar weakened against its US counterpart on Tuesday, as it pulled back from a six-week high as investors await Thursday’s CPI data in the United States. The awaited reading could offer clues on the Fed’s policy intentions. The price of oil, one of Canada’s major exports, settled 0.7% …
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