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US Dollar suffered heavy losses against its rivals on Wednesday. Markets expect the Fed to pause its tightening cycle in June following the latest policy decisions. US Dollar Index holds above 101.00 but the bearish bias stays intact. The dollar continued to weaken against its rivals late Wednesday and the …

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 5-5.25% following the May policy meeting.The US dollar and the Dollar Index (DXY) struggled to find demand during the American trading hours on …

The decline in US yields, on Tuesday, boosted gold, which jumped toward $2,020 posting the highest daily close in three weeks. Silver climbed from $24.60 to $25.35. Cryptocurrencies soared, with BTC/USD rising 3.50% to $28,700.Following a sharp drop in equity prices on Wall Street and significant swings in the FX …

JOLTS Job Openings in the US continued to decline in March. US Dollar Index holds above 102.00 in the American session.The data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed on Tuesday that the number of job openings on the last business day of March stood at 9.59 …

Financial assets went through quite, but volatile, trading conditions on Monday, despite most major countries celebrating Labour Day, keeping local markets closed to observe the occasion.Oil prices were down sharply on Monday after the latest manufacturing data showed that the sector contracted for the 5th straight month in April, ending …

“De-dollarization isn’t on top of my worry list,” International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday and added that the doesn’t see an alternative to the US Dollar any time soon.“There may be more vulnerabilities exposed in the banking sector,” Georgieva warned and further noted that they …

The ISM Manufacturing PMI increased to 47.1 from 46.3 in April as the economic activity in the US manufacturing sector continued to decrease, albeit at a slower rate than it did in March. This result was little higher than the 46.6 market forecast.According to further information in the report, the …

Gold prices rose on Thursday as the dollar weakened as investors prepared for a batch of US economic data to be released ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve (Central Bank) monetary policy meeting. By 0230 GMT, spot gold rose 0.4 percent to $1996.50 an ounce, while US gold futures rose …

Gold is trading at $1987.05 per ounce at the time of writing. Wednesday’s US session is choppy for gold price, which is still moving sideways. Despite positive US data, the US dollar declines during the American session. In advance of the FOMC meeting next week, US Treasury rates hit new …

The US dollar declined more during a lacklustre US session as Wall Street indexes rose. The S&P 500 increased 0.09%, the Nasdaq declined 0.29%, and the Dow Jones increased by 0.20%. The 10-year bond rate dipped to 3.50%, but the 2-year yield rose to 4.12%. The debt-ceiling turmoil, upcoming important …