Gold prices fell on Monday, July 25 after the dollar’s rise and expectations of a US Federal Reserve interest rate hike this week dampened gold demand. The price of gold fell 0.2% to $ 1724.50 an ounce as of 04:23 GMT, after rising to its highest level in more than …
Read More »Gold Reclaims $1723 On PMI Data
Gold Price is set to finish the week up by almost 1%, snapping five weeks of losses. Investors’ recession-linked fears were renewed on weaker than expected EU and US PMI data.The US 2s-10s yield curve inversion extended for 14 straight days. Gold Price rises for the second consecutive day after …
Read More »US Treasury Yields Ease As Market Ponders Recession Signals
A sharp selloff in US Treasuries eased on Wednesday as the market tries to come to grips with how the Federal Reserve might address rising inflation without hiking interest rates at such a clip it spins the economy into recession.Yields were lower across the curve, from two-year notes out to …
Read More »Wall Street’s Tuesday Session Generally Green.
The sell-off of US Treasuries continues, while the 10-year yield closes to 2.40%. US stocks recovered on Tuesday, following Monday’s hawkish remarks of Fed Chief Jerome Powell, who said that “inflation is too high” and opening the door for 50 basis points increases.The S&P 500 is advancing some 1.10%, sitting …
Read More »US Treasury Yields Surge to the Highest Levels Since 2019
Treasuries slumped, sending the two-, five- and 10-year yields to the highest levels since May 2019, as policy makers in the US and Europe cranked up expectations for higher borrowing costs in the face of mounting inflationary pressures.Another round of selling arrived in the early afternoon in New York after …
Read More »Canadian Dollar Leads G10 Gains As Rate Hike, Tightening Get Going
The Canadian dollar strengthened against its US counterpart on Wednesday as oil prices surged and the Bank of Canada hiked interest rates as expected for the first time since October 2018 despite the crisis in Ukraine.Canada’s central bank hiked its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 0.50% to …
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