On Tuesday, the US dollar soared against all of its major rival currencies. The dollar started the day on the back foot, but secured robust gains early during the European session, triggering stops and further accelerating its advance. Key Developments EU countries reached an agreement on a coordinated approach to …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 02/01/2023
The US Dollar was starting the year higher, advancing against most of its major rival currencies but ended it unevenly across the FX board. The EUR was the weakest, as EUR/USD retreated from the 1.0700 area towards the current 1.0650 price zone, while the AUD was the strongest, with AUD/USD …
Read More »Will Fed step down pace of interest rate hiking?
Tomorrow is Jerome Powell’s last FOMC speech for 2022. The Federal Reserve has previously signaled a general tendency to step down the pace of interest rate hikes upon concluding its two-day meeting on Wednesday, with extensive expectations of a half-point rate hike to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. Nevertheless, …
Read More »US trade deficit for October records higher reading
US October Goods and Services Trade Balance edged up to record -$78.2 billion in October. The US dollar Index stays in negative territory at around 105.00.The data jointly published by the US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed on Tuesday that the US international goods and …
Read More »Noor Capital | Interview with Muhammad Hashad on the Dubai TV – December 05, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44YX52n-6nIIn an interview on Dubai TV, Mohamed Hashad, Head of Research and Development at Noor Capital and member of the US Association of Technical Analysts, commented on the most important developments in the financial markets, most notably the following:Oil PricesMuhammad Hashad – at the very beginning – commented on the …
Read More »US JOLTS reading declines to 10.3 million in October
US JOLTS Job Openings discreetly retreated in October. The number of job openings fell to 10.3 million on the last business day of October versus the previous reading of 10.7 million in September according to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics in its Job Openings and Labour Turnover Summary (JOLTS) …
Read More »Gold jumps to 5-week high, approaching $1700
Gold price creeps higher amid the lack of US economic data as investors observe the results of the US mid-term elections and October’s CPI. Treasury yields are lower on the day, while expectations for a 50 bps rate hike by the Fed stood above 50%. Gold price is subdued as …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 07/11/2022
The US dollar began the trading week, on Monday, with an attempt to recover the gains lost before Friday’s closing bell. Instead, the dollar ended with losing further ground against its major rival currencies.The dollar accelerated its decline late in the US session as Wall Street picked up momentum ahead …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 04/11/2022
The US dollar fell on Friday after the release of the country’s nonfarm payrolls report for October. The latest NFP reading indicated that the world’s largest economy created more new jobs than expected, but also flashed other signs of economic slowdown with a higher unemployment rate and lower wage inflation.The …
Read More »Gold Rallies As US Dollar Struggles Post NFP
The American Dollar faces difficulty finding ground, it is down by 1.39%, as the US Dollar Index reading reflects. Speculations that the US central bank could tighten in smaller increases mounted as the labour market gave signs of easing.The US 2s-10s yield curve inversion, the deepest since the 1980s, and …
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