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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is set to conclude its final two-day meeting of the year on Thursday, with analysts and markets closely watching whether the central bank will raise interest rates or maintain its cautious stance. The decision comes against the backdrop of slowing economic momentum and increasing political …

Treasury yields have embarked on a new downward trajectory due to increased demand for safe-haven assets. This inverse relationship between bond prices and yields is a common occurrence in the market.The heightened demand for safe-haven assets, particularly U.S. government bonds, was spurred by escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East …

BoJ’s K. Ueda gave fresh statements on the central bank’s policy outlook, although he declined to comment on the recent performance of the Japanese yen.Before Thursday’s European session begins, the Japanese Yen was still weak relative to the US dollar and is trading barely above a multi-decade low that was …

The ongoing Gaza crisis as well as fresh Houthi attacks are keeping barrel prices high. Monday saw a test of $78.11 a barrel for West Texas Intermediate crude, finding the opportunity to gain momentum as US markets were closed in observance of the federal holiday known as American President’s Day. …

As of this writing, the price of gold has increased by +0.85 to around $2023 per ounce, indicating that investors are still waiting for more information regarding the US Federal Reserve’s future course for interest rates.High demand for safe haven assets during the Middle East crisis has helped gold. It …

The market is heavily heading towards safe havens, and the EUR/USD pair has broken through the 1.0800 handle. The Euro is expected to fall against the US dollar for a fifth day in a row. Even better-than-expected Eurozone economic data was easily ignored by most market players.With the Euro falling …

As the mood of the market turns more bearish on Tuesday, the Canadian dollar is weakening and losing the gains it made against the US dollar last week. Risk appetite is being negatively impacted by a significant miss for Chinese trade data as well as hawkish remarks made by Federal …

The price of gold exceeded the $2000 level again for the first time in five and a half months last Friday. Observers and economic analysts are keen to analyze the expectations of the yellow metal, which at the time of writing is trading around $1994 per ounce.Analysts believe that gold …

Gold prices rose on Wednesday as US Treasury yields fell. Still, gains were reduced after signs of a cooling in safe-haven demand appeared after the United States and Russia led international calls to stop the fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). Gold rose in spot transactions …

Gold price struggles for a direction as investors seek fresh development on Israel-Hamas conflicts and crucial US economic data.The US Dollar and bond yields drop as investors await US Q3 GDP and the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge. The US Manufacturing PMI is expected to remain below the 50.0 threshold for …