Tag Archives: USD

The British pound was hit rather hard during the course of the trading session on Thursday as the Bank of England has decided not to raise interest rates. Although the market had been trying to price in some type of hike, the question now is whether or not 1.35 can …

Solid domestic demand in the U. S. has caused import growth to outpace exports for the most of the past year, according to Wells Fargo.Analysts pointed out that with consumption slowly rebalancing back toward services spending, imports should eventually slow and provide some relief at U. S. largest ports. Industrial …

USD/CAD surges during the New York trading session, up 0.06%, trading at 1.2424 as portrayed by European and US equity indices fluctuating between gainers and losers, the market sentiment is subdued ahead of the Federal Reserve’s November meeting.Retreating crude oil prices, with WTI falling by almost 3.5%, impacted the oil-linked …

Wednesday will bring decisions of the Fed’s November meeting to the financial markets, and Friday will bring Non-farm Payrolls, so financial markets rre amid some heavy drivers for the USD.It is expected that this is the rate decision at which the Fed will announce their intentions to begin tapering asset …

Gold settled on Tuesday as market participants awaited the US Federal Reserve’s important policy meeting, in the face of mounting inflationary pressures and fears of slowing economic growth. There was little change in gold in spot transactions, as it recorded 1793.60 dollars an ounce (an ounce) by 0649 GMT. US …

The yellow precious metal price is barely moving although the short term market situation is not in favour of gold.On Monday, the troy ounce cost $1,788. Gold has been rather volatile recently and definitely shows an inverse correlation to the USD.Gold price will fluctuate pretty much this week in anticipation …

Fresh attacks and partisan row are ahead for U. S. economy  as Republicans lawmakers and strategists are capitalizing on news that the economy expanded at a weak pace in Q3 to criticize Biden and Democrats, accusing them of unskilled recovery tactics from the pandemic recession. The U. S. Dollar Index …

The U. S. Dollar Index rallies 0.86% during the New York session, is at 94.10, short of the 94.30 fresh weekly high. U. S. T-bond yields are falling, with the 10-year benchmark note down two basis points, at 1.545%.The market sentiment is mixed, depicted by European stock indices, splitting between …

The Gold Index (XAU/USD) has slid during the New York session, down almost 1%, trading at $1,782. Earlier in the session, gold reached a fresh weekly low at $1,771 but bounced off the lows to stabilize at current levels.Risk-off market sentiment ignited a flight towards safe-haven assets, but it failed …

The U. S. dollar regained bullish traction on Friday and is rallying nearly 0.5%, erasing the previous two days’ losses. The USD/JPY is testing levels above 114.00 at the time of writing, after having bounced up from two-week lows at 113.25 on Thursday. Higher inflation expectations and stronger yields are …