The US dollar capitalized on Monday’s prevalent risk aversion and negative market sentiment to edge higher. Risk aversion dominated markets after China’s National Health Commission reported death cases of Covid-19 patients in Beijing. China also reported over 26,000 new infections on Sunday. Commodity-linked currencies ended the day with losses against …
Read More »Weekly Recap: 14-18 Nov. Inflation Continuing Source Of Headache
Inflation, geopolitical tensions and global growth-linked worries impacted almost all financial markets. EU inflation retreated in October but is still hot. The EUR/USD pair held above the 1.0300 level with no signs of declining.As the Fed’s battle against inflation arrives at a new and more challenging stage, services will be …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 18/11/2022
US President Joe Biden cautioned on Friday that ““it’s going to take time to get inflation back down to normal levels.”, but he assured that legislation he signed earlier this year will help limit costs for health care and energy. However, he said that “in six short weeks, Americans are …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 17/11/2022
Thursday’s market sentiment was negative, providing boosting factor for the US Dollar to recover some of the ground lost earlier during the week. The US dollar maintained mixed performance between ups and downs, but tended to advance.The gloomy market sentiment was partly a result of concerns related to the Ukraine-Russia …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 10/11/2022
WTI is currently changing hands at around $86.40 a barrel. The US Dollar fell on Thursday against all major rival currencies, yields plunged, as market participants rushed to bet on US Fed’s less hawkishness on monetary policy next December. Optimism returned to most assets. US Stocks soared. US indexes are …
Read More »As US Dollar Plummets Post-CPI, Will Fed Ease Rate Hiking?
The dollar falls sharply on Thursday after US consumer prices for October rose less than expected and pointed to underlying inflation having peaked, this reading has been the sort of data that markets cheered for as it could allow the Fed to ease up on aggressively hiking interest rates.The consumer …
Read More »AUD/USD jumps to six-week highs Post-CPI Data
The AUD/USD pair has jumped following the key inflation data in the United States. The CPI figures came below expectations. Speculation above smaller rate hikes from the Fed impacted the US dollar, so, the pair hit at 0.6564, the highest level since late September.Pre-CPI Versus Post-CPIThe US Consumer Price Index …
Read More »Wall Street opens sharply higher after US inflation data
Wall Street’s major indices opened sharply higher on Thursday. At the same time, data showed consumer prices rose less than expected in October, raising hopes that the US Federal Reserve may ease the pace of future interest rate hikes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 749.97 points, or 2.31 percent, …
Read More »Gold firmly holds above $1710 as buyers eye $1735
Gold prices fluctuate in the New York session amid the uncertainty of midterm elections in the United States. US Treasury yields are rising behind the US Dollar’s surge, which is up more than 0.50% against most G8 peers.Gold Price Analysis: Testing the 100-day EMA, which, once broken, would shift the …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 08/11/2022
There was no obvious catalyst that specifically brought about the US Dollar’s decline, although the positive performance of US shares and easing government bond yields put pressure on the dollar after Wall Street’s opening. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note touched an intraday low of 4.65% after peaking at …
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