The US Dollar tumbled immediately after CPI data, and trims losses after Wall Street opened. Inflation confirms the US economy’s slowdown,In a seemingly volatile session, the US dollar has sharply reversed during the last hour and turned positive across the board. The GBP/USD pair peaked after the US inflation data …
Read More »Gold attempts to surge on slower Fed rate hikes expectation
Gold futures were at an eight-month high, climbing 14% since late November to hit $1,882 per ounce on Wednesday. At the time of writing the precious metal is hovering around $1872 per ounce.Gold has got the opportunity to shine again, as investors are betting that the aim of cooling hot …
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 »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 »US Treasury yields retreat on wage growth data
Friday’s US economic data produced a cascading drop in rates across the Treasury market, pushing the policy-sensitive 2-year and benchmark 10-year yields to their lowest levels of the new year. The 2-year yield which moves in coordination with expectations around the path of Fed’s policy, fell 19.1 basis points to …
Read More »EUR/USD shakes ahead of FOMC Minutes
The US dollar’s strength continues on Tuesday despite the declining Manufacturing PMI data. On the other hand, the Euro extends its losses as a reaction to Germany’s inflation data. So far, the dollar recovered and reached fresh two-week highs, although T-yields retreated.The US Dollar Index climbs close to 1%, at …
Read More »Silver sharply advances towards $24.30s
Silver rallied sharply, more than 1.60%, as liquidity conditions improved on Tuesday. The stronger US dollar was no excuse for the Silver Index to print solid gains, bolstered by falling US bond yields.Falling US Treasury yields underpinned the white metal. Wall Street is expected to enjoy a higher open, even …
Read More »USD/CHF hovers around nine-month low on weaker dollar
On Thursday, The USD/CHF pair revisits multi-day low, last seen in March, amid broader US dollar’s decline. The positive market sentiment, in addition to the Treasury bond yields, in he red territory, have together impacted the American currency.The pair is trading at the time of writing versus the previous closing …
Read More »Gold aspires to $1817 on retreating T-yields, weaker USD
The price of gold holds its latest gains above $1,816 amidst thin liquidity conditions. The worse-than-expected Initial Jobless Claims data that failed to support the US dollar on Thursday. The US Department of Labour said that Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended on December 24 jumped to 225K, and …
Read More »Rebounding USD/CAD loses momentum on oil price
The recovery of USD/CAD has been suspended below 1.3610. The Canadian dollar is paring its losses on the back of a mild rebound in oil prices. In the same time, the lower US Treasury bonds are impacting the demand for the US dollar. The yield of the benchmark US 10-year …
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