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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 …

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 …

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 …

The US central bank decided a jumbo 75-basis points rate hike, and the accompanying statement suggested policymakers would soon slow the pace of quantitative tightening. US Dollar Biggest Winner From Fed’s DecisionThe US dollar finished Wednesday higher across the board following a volatile American session. The US Federal Reserve was …

Regarding the monetary policy statement, the Fed acknowledged that US economic growth was slowing down in spending and production and commented that labour market conditions remain “robust” and the unemployment rate is slow. Fed policymakers added that inflation remains elevated, a reflection of the supply/demand imbalances blamed on the pandemic …

The average household in Ghana is paying two-thirds more than it did last year for fuel, flour and other necessities. In Egypt, wheat is expensive and the governmental budget suffers from bread subsidy provided to citizens. Sri Lanka is struggling to control a political crisis, and is running out of …

Gold prices rose on Tuesday as the US dollar and bond yields declined, although investors were cautious as markets awaited policy expectations from the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting starting later Tuesday. And gold rose in immediate trading 0.5% to $ 1641.43 an ounce by 0548 GMT, after earlier touching its …

Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index for October came below market expectations. The headline General Business Activity Index of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Texas Manufacturing Survey declined to -19.4 in October versus the previous reading -17.2 in September. The fresh figure is weaker than the market expectation of -15. Further …

Gold prices headed for a 7th consecutive monthly loss Monday, October 31st due to pressure from inflated US interest rates as cautious investors focus on the US Federal Reserve meeting for clues on its future position. The price of gold settled in spot transactions at $ 1642.55 an ounce at …

The yen fell on Friday as the Bank of Japan stuck to its accommodative policy. At the same time, the dollar attempted to recover from losses at the weekend on expectations that the Federal Reserve would signal a slowdown in interest rate hikes. The dollar was last up 0.8 percent …