{"id":98799,"date":"2024-03-20T05:21:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T01:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=98799"},"modified":"2024-03-20T05:30:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T01:30:03","slug":"market-drivers-us-session-march-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/market-drivers-us-session-march-19\/03\/20\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Drivers \u2013 US Session, March 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The US Dollar continued its recent strength, pushing the USD Index (DXY) above 104.00 earlier on Tuesday, though the gain was short-lived and it was last seen at 103.871. All eyes are now focusing on the Federal Reserve&#8217;s interest rate decision later Wednesday, along with their economic projections and Chair Powell&#8217;s press conference.<br><br><strong>Key Events for Today (March 20):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Federal Reserve<\/strong>: The Fed&#8217;s interest rate decision is the main event, impacting markets worldwide.<br><br><strong>ECB<\/strong>: Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, delivers a speech.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>European Commission<\/strong>: Flash Consumer Confidence data for the Eurozone is released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>UK<\/strong>: Inflation Rate data is published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Australia<\/strong>: RBA&#8217;s Consumer Inflation Expectations report is due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Oil<\/strong>: WTI crude oil prices hold near four-month highs on geopolitical tensions and expectations of rising demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Gold, Silver<\/strong>: Gold prices retreat after modest gains yesterday, pressured by a stronger dollar. Silver prices follow a similar trend.<br><br><strong>Other Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Euro (EUR) extended its decline from Monday, reaching multi-week lows near 1.0830.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The British Pound (GBP) recovered from an earlier dip and closed above 1.2700.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USD\/JPY surged close to the key 151.00 level, its highest point in 2024, as the Japanese Yen (JPY) weakened after the <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bank of Japan&#8217;s rate hike.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian Dollar (AUD) continued its four-day slide as the USD strengthened and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintained a dovish stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/pound-holds-steady-ahead-of-key-data-rate-decisions\/03\/20\/market-updates\/\">Pound Holds Steady Ahead of Key Data, Rate Decisions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/bitcoin-pulls-back-after-record-high-correction-or-more-to-come\/03\/20\/market-updates\/\">Bitcoin Pulls Back After Record High: Correction or More to Come?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/gold-price-dips-on-strong-dollar-awaits-fomc-decision\/03\/20\/market-updates\/\">Gold Price Dips on Strong Dollar, Awaits FOMC Decision<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/usd-jpy-continues-to-rise-despite-japanese-rate-hike\/03\/20\/market-updates\/\">USD\/JPY Continues to Rise Despite Japanese Rate Hike<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/us-bond-yields-decline-ahead-of-the-feds-decision-2\/03\/19\/market-updates\/\">US bond yields decline ahead of the Fed\u2019s decision<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/usd-cad-climbs-after-canadian-inflation-data\/03\/19\/market-updates\/\">USD\/CAD Climbs After Canadian Inflation Data<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/us-rate-decision-preview-will-fomc-embrace-hawkish-stance\/03\/19\/market-updates\/\">US Rate Decision Preview: Will FOMC Embrace Hawkish Stance?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/despite-upbeat-european-data-euro-weakens-ahead-of-fomc-decision\/03\/19\/market-updates\/forex-markets\/\">Despite Upbeat European Data, Euro Weakens Ahead of FOMC Decision<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/fomc-decision-forecasts-by-5-major-banks-risk-of-a-hawkish-shift\/03\/19\/market-updates\/\">FOMC Decision Forecasts by Major Banks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/swiss-national-bank-likely-to-delay-rate-cut-amidst-global-trends\/03\/19\/market-updates\/\">Swiss National Bank Likely to Delay Rate Cut Amidst Global Trends<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Dollar continued its recent strength, pushing the USD Index (DXY) above 104.00 earlier on Tuesday, though the gain was short-lived and it was last seen at 103.871. All eyes are now focusing on the Federal Reserve&#8217;s interest rate decision later Wednesday, along with their economic projections and Chair Powell&#8217;s press conference.Key Events for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":52669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,37,36],"tags":[7907,8310,6923,6885,7603,6936,9537,7046],"class_list":["post-98799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-commodities-news","category-forex-markets","category-market-updates","tag-boj","tag-christine-lagarde","tag-ecb","tag-fed","tag-gold-prices","tag-oil-prices","tag-rate-policy","tag-sterling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98799"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98812,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98799\/revisions\/98812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}