Dollar is slightly softer today as the financial world holds its breath for FOMC rate decision. With the market strongly anticipating a hold, eyes will turn to the dot plot for insights. The pivotal question remains: Will there be hints of another rate hike slated for this year? Furthermore, how the dot plot for 2024
An eagle sculpture stands on the facade of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A looming government shutdown could prevent the Federal Reserve from raising rates in November, but not for the reason you might think, according to Bank of America. Not only would
Share: The NZD/USD reversed its course and fell towards 0.5930, after reaching a high of 0.5985. The US Dollar strengthened on the back of rising US yields after the Fed’s hawkish pause. The Fed kept rates at 5.25-5.50% as expected. The bank reduced projections of 100 bps of rate cuts in 2024 to 50 bps.
US: The Fed hiked by 25 bps as expected and kept everything unchanged at the last meeting. Fed Chair Powell reaffirmed their data dependency and kept all the options on the table. The US CPI last week came in line with expectations, so the market’s pricing remained roughly the same. The labour market displayed signs
It’s all about the Fed today and after the early moves on the UK CPI data, things are looking calmer in European morning trade. Equities are higher while bond yields are lower, leaving the dollar just slightly lower at the balance so far. EUR/USD is up 0.2% to 1.0695 but sitting in a 25 pips
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. rejoined the $100-a-barrel oil club, raising its forecast for crude back to triple digits as worldwide demand hits unprecedented levels and OPEC+ supply curbs continue to tighten the market. With prices advancing by more than 30% since mid-June to breach $95 a barrel on Tuesday, the Wall Street bank nudged up
Sterling finds itself under tremendous selling pressure following release of lower-than-anticipated headline and core CPI readings from the UK. This development is seen as a favorable turn of events for BoE policymakers, solidifying the anticipation that the rate hike expected to be announced tomorrow may be the last in the current cycle. On the heels
Share: The Euro reverses Tuesday’s losses vs. the US Dollar. Stocks in Europe kicked off Wednesday’s session with decent gains. EUR/USD remains bid below the 1.0700 hurdle. The USD Index (DXY) treads water in the low 105.00s so far. The Fed is expected to keep rates unchanged at its event. Usual weekly MBA Mortgage Applications
Cryptocurrency miners have a new voice in Washington with the launch of the Digital Power Network (DPN), a new coalition affiliated with the Chamber of Digital Commerce. The network is off to a promising start, with many of the United States’ biggest miners on board. The DPN is the first affiliate of the Chamber, and
The FOMC is expected to keep rates unchanged tomorrow when they meet. As such, traders will be looking for clues for a more hawkish unchanged policy or a more dovish unchanged policy. There are a lot of balls in the air including sticky inflation, but core inflation is starting to calm down. Strikes are popping
The FOMC rate decision is “one sleep away” and less than 24-hours away. The decision will take place at 2 p.m. The expectation is for no change in the target range of 5.25% to 5.5%. The question that traders will be answering is “Will the no change be more hawkish or dovish or balanced?”. That
Gold prices hit two-week highs on Tuesday, with the U.S. dollar losing its grip on six-month highs scaled last week, with attention focused on the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting that begins later in the day. FUNDAMENTALS Spot gold was steady at $1,932.79 per ounce by 0058 GMT, having hit its highest since Sept. 5
Canadian Dollar’s rally gathers additional momentum during early US session, buoyed by data that depicted faster re-acceleration in Canadian inflation than anticipated. It is noteworthy that the surge in headline inflation figure was chiefly influenced by escalating gasoline prices, yet inflation excluding gasoline did not decelerate as BoC would love to see. This scenario is
Share: Gold price hit a two-week high at $1937.35 before retreating to $1931.77, down 0.06%. US 10-year Treasury bond yield reaches a 16-year high at 4.367%, weighing on gold. Investors keenly await the Federal Reserve’s ‘dot plots’ and updated economic projections for rate hike clues. Gold price retreats after hitting a two-week high at $1937.35
US: The Fed hiked by 25 bps as expected and kept everything unchanged at the last meeting. Fed Chair Powell reaffirmed their data dependency and kept all the options on the table. The US CPI last week came in line with expectations, so the market’s pricing remained roughly the same. The labour market displayed signs
Just a month ago, we were still debating about 6% rates for the BOE outlook but all of a sudden now, markets are only seeing just a little over one more rate hike for the central bank. Here’s a look at the change in the OIS market pricing: The odds of a 25 bps rate
Copper prices edged lower in Asian trading on Tuesday, as the overall mood was subdued ahead of interest rate decisions by central banks this week, with the U.S. Federal Reserve set to begin its two-day policy meeting later in the day. Concerns that faltering post-pandemic economic rebound in China, the world’s top metals consumer, could
Asian markets manifested mild risk-off sentiments today, with Nikkei weighing down the broader region. As Japanese investors made their way back from an extended holiday weekend, notable sell-off in chip stocks took place. This reaction was prompted by reports that Taiwan’s premier chipmaker, TSMC, had requested its major vendors to postpone deliveries. Adding to the