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The loonie recovered modestly after the BOC meeting. As widely expected, policymakers left the overnight rate unchanged at 0.25% and QE purchases at CAD 2B/ week. Yet, they remained cautiously optimistic over the medium term economic outlook, despite disappointing GDP data in 2Q21 and July. We expect the central bank to continue to taper the
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The bid in the dollar is relentless Yesterday we could point to rising Treasury yields as a catalyst for dollar strength but today yields are down and the dollar is jumping anyway. They buying this week has been relentless. The move goes right across the board but USD/CAD is particularly strong, up 92 pips to
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New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Wednesday tumbled Rs 264 to Rs 46,140 per 10 gram amid muted global trends, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 46,404 per 10 grams. Silver rose marginally by Rs 22 to Rs 63,486 per kilogram from Rs 63,464
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NEW DELHI: Bucking global trends, gold was little changed on Tuesday in the domestic market. The yellow metal lacked directional cues as the US market was closed on Monday on account of a public holiday. However, a softer dollar and prospects of the US Federal Reserve delaying a tapering in its pandemic-era bond purchases made
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New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Tuesday fell by Rs 37 to Rs 46,417 per 10 gram amid weak precious metal prices in the international market, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 46,454 per 10 grams. Silver also tumbled Rs 332 to Rs 63,612
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Forex news for Asia trading on Tuesday 7 September 2021 ICYMI – Its a week packed with Federal Reserve speakers CBA on the coup in Guinea and what it means (bauxite, aluminium) George Soros says BlackRock has misunderstood Xi’s moves in China, has made “a tragic mistake” ICYMI – El Salvador bought 200 Bitcoin, takes
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The pace of asset purchases in the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP) in 4Q21 is the focus of this week’s ECB meeting. Following hawkish comments from some council members, especially chief economist Philiip Lane, hopes that an announcement related to reduction in purchases would be made at the upcoming meeting have increased. The policy rates
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The baffling source of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico underscores an industry begging for regulation There’s a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico leaking oil and no one seems to know who it belongs to. It’s a baffling example of incompetence from regulators and industry. The saga starts on the weekend when
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Trading in the currency market is rather subdued today and markets will stay quiet with US and Canada on holiday. Dollar is paring some of last week’s large losses but upside momentum is weak. On the other hand, Australia Dollar is turning slightly weaker as tomorrow’s RBA policy decision is awaited. The reaction in Aussie
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