Gold is falling on Wednesday, before the decision of the Federal Reserve. Recently it bottomed at $1763m the lowest since December 3 and then rebounded toward $1770. Price is moving sideways with a bearish bias.The US November retail sales report came in below expectations and boosted gold for a few …
Read More »Eurozone Retail Sales Rise in October
Eurozone’s Retail Sales rose by 0.2% MoM in October versus 0.2% expected and -0.4% last, the official figures released by Eurostat showed on Friday. Annually, the bloc’s Retail Sales came in at 1.4% in October versus 2.6% recorded in September and 1.2% estimated.
Read More »New Zealand Dollar Falls Below 70
The New Zealand dollar has extended its losses and t the start of the week. NZD/USD is currently trading at 0.6970, down 0.40%.The deterioration in risk sentiment sent the New dollar sharply lower on Friday, as the currency fell 0.68% and ended the week just below the 70 level, at …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 19-11-2021
Oil prices continued to trade sharply lower on concerns that Europe’s COVID cases increase could lead to lockdown anew and could hurt energy demand.Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Christopher Waller said on Friday that the rapid improvement seen in the labour market and high inflation makes him favour faster …
Read More »Retail Sales Surge by Christmas Shopping
Early Christmas shopping have pushed up shop sales in October as people spent more on clothing and on toys.Sales rose by 0.8% in October, following no growth in September, according to the Office for National Statistics. Clothing sales reached their highest level since the start of the pandemic.Second-hand stores, like …
Read More »Wall Street Rises After Strong Retail Sales
US shares reaped fresh gains on Tuesday, with investors and traders digesting key economic data on the state of the consumer after two major retailers topped quarterly corporate earnings results. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% as of 10:15 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 158 points, or 0.5%, …
Read More »USD Index Pushes Higher Led By Positive Data
On Tuesday, the US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the USD’s performance against major rival currencies, advances to fresh highs and levels last recorded in late July 2020 in the 95.80/85 band.The USD Index has been largely supported by treasury yields, and the latest positive economic data. The index extends …
Read More »US Retail Sales Rise in October
US Retail Sales rose by 1.7% MoM in October, according to data published by the US Census Bureau showed on Tuesday. That was above market expectations for a MoM rise of 1.2% and above the (upwardly revised from 0.7%) 0.8% MoM gain seen in September. Core sales also rose by …
Read More »Will Germany Impose Lockdown Again?
Germany was once looked upon as a best example of how to deal with the coronavirus. Now, it is recording close to 50,000 new Covid cases a day, prompting a dire warning of a dramatic rise in fatalities during the fourth wave of Covid, as the delta variant spreads as …
Read More »October: Delta left behind and U. S. economy improves
Americans welcome winter weather as temperatures drop, but the market is getting warmer and even hotter. The U. S. economy is boomed after the Delta wave had caused considerable recovery slowdown in August and September. October is witnessing progress on multiple fronts recording overall gains.Americans are spending more. Several signs …
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