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After declining on Tuesday, the US dollar is now moving in the right direction. The US dollar outperformed its competitors due to the steep rise in US Treasury bond yields.The main Wall Street indexes are trading in the red, but the US dollar is unable to gain any more ground. …

As the markets process the full inflation data that the United States of America has released, the price of gold fluctuates. For the month-over-month data, the US Consumer Price Index came in at 0.4% vs. 0.4% anticipated. The US CPI for January came in at +6.4% for the year, more …

This weekly recap is tracing key developments across most financial assets during the previous trading week that witnessed the release of the CPI data in the United States and improved risk appetite benefiting some assets while impacting others:US DollarThe dollar was slightly lower against most of its G10 counterparts to …

Generally speaking; risk assets experienced a big deal of uncertainty as the end of November approaches ahead of Fed Chairman Powell’s address on the economy on Wednesday at Brookings Institute. US Nonfarm Payrolls data is looming on Friday. Risk appetite has deteriorated since Monday after Chinese protests police clashes against …

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 …

US dollar loses some momentum on risk appetite as attention shifts to Jackson Hole. The EUR/USD pair looks unable to recover 1.0000, and instead, holds near 20-year lows.The EUR/USD rose from the daily low at 0.9907 to 0.9998 in a few minutes around the London fix, on the back of …

US shares are surging for the second successive day despite being during the US trading session. The major indices prepare to post solid gains in the week, within 4% to 6% range.The S&P 500 reclaimed the 3,800 mark; around 3,887.19 and is up by 2.74% in the day, while the …

The USD/CAD pair is dragged downwards during the American session as US stocks surge and crude oil price jumps. The pair dropped to 1.2899, hitting the lowest level in a week.The mixture of improved risk appetite, higher crude oil prices and a softer dollar do drag the pair downwards on …

As the Euro extended its gains in the week by 0.42%, the US dollar, on the contrary, falls courtesy of a positive market mood.Officially, ECB’s Rehn backs a move above 25 bps in the ECB’s September meeting. On the US front, Fed’s Barkin supported a 50/75 bps rate hike in …

Gold is poised for another downside but a short squeeze is not off the table. The Fed at the top of the hour is expected to seal the deal one way or another.As per the pre-open analysis on gold for the week, Gold, Chart of the Week: XAU/USD bulls need …