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The Fed is expected to hike interest rates by 25 basis points. The dot plot, or Overview of Economic Projections, will influence how the markets respond. The FOMC must strike a balance between dealing with inflation pressures and financial issues. The likelihood of a 25 bps increase this week is …

Wall Street indexes rose sharply on Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve decision, led by shares of regional banks. First Republic stock rose 29%. The Dow Jones gained 0.98%, and the Nasdaq advanced 1.58%. Banking fears keep easing, paving the way for more tightening from central banks. US Treasury Secretary …

Consumer sentiment in the US weakened in early March with the University of Michigan’s (UoM) Consumer Confidence Index declining to 63.4 from 67 in February. This reading came in worse than the market expectation of 67. “Year-ahead inflation expectations receded from 4.1% in February to 3.8%, the lowest reading since …

The SVB collapse drove US stock markets to monthly lows. The Nasdaq managed to recover and gained 0.45%, while the Dow Jones lost 0.28% and the S&P 500 fell by 0.15%. The VIX rose 6% after pulling back during the second half of the US trading session. Crude Oil prices …

The dollar fell today, Monday, as the US authorities intervened to curb the repercussions of the sudden collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), as investors hoped that the Federal Reserve would follow a less hawkish monetary path. The US government announced a number of measures and said that all …

The dollar held steady on Thursday near a three-month high, supported by the message from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about the need for more interest rate hikes and possibly a faster pace. On the second day of congressional testimony on Wednesday, Powell reiterated his message, but noted that the …

On the first day of his hearing before the United States Congress, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell led towards a higher terminal rate than previously predicted, sending the US dollar to three-month highs. The US Dollar Index, which monitors the dollar against a basket of six other currencies, was 0.1% …

The dollar fell broadly on Monday as investors await Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony as well as the February jobs report, which will be released at the end of the week and is likely to influence the central bank’s interest rate decision. The dollar index, which measures the …

The dollar fell from the highest level in two and a half months against the yen on Friday, and headed towards recording its first weekly loss since January against other major currencies, as dealers try to determine the course of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. The yen, which is particularly …

The euro fell against the dollar on Thursday, after data showed that inflation in the euro zone is not as high as investors feared, after readings published by countries in the region during the past days. Eurozone inflation fell to 8.5 percent in February from 8.6 percent a month earlier …