Michelle Bowman, governor of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during the Exchequer Club meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said Tuesday the time is not right yet to start lowering interest rates, adding she would be open to raising
GBP/USD is steady as worse-than-expected US Consumer Confidence report, weighs on US Dollar. Technical outlook shows a ‘bullish piercing’ pattern, but momentum favors sellers, with RSI standing bearish. Key support levels will be 100-DMA and the May 3 high at 1.2640/34, with further losses eyed beneath the psychological level of 1.2600. Key resistance levels are
Fundamental Overview The USD last week finished slightly positive but overall, it was a pretty flat week. We got some great US PMIs on Friday which showed growth without inflationary pressures. In fact, despite the strong PMIs the market pricing for interest rates remained unchanged. That should be generally positive for risk sentiment going forward.
AI image Today is likely the beginning of the end of Justin Trudeau’s hold on Canadian federal politics. Polls have been bad for the Prime Minister for many months but they’ve deteriorated further lately and yesterday he suffered a crushing defeat. A special election was held in his Liberal Party’s stronghold yesterday after the retirement
Ahead of US economic data, gold prices of MCX August futures contracts opened flat at Rs 71,712 per 10 grams on Tuesday, while silver July futures contracts opened at Rs 88,858/kg falling by Rs 141 or 0.16%. On Monday, gold and silver settled on a mixed note in the international as well as the domestic
Trading in the Asian session has been quiet today and is expected to remain so during the European session, given the empty economic calendar. However, Yen continues to be a significant focus among market participants. Discussions are emerging about the possibility of USD/JPY surging through the 160 level, which is currently perceived as the intervention
Gold prices fell in United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, according to data compiled by FXStreet. The price for Gold stood at 274.89 United Arab Emirates Dirhams (AED) per gram, down compared with the AED 275.67 it cost on Monday. The price for Gold decreased to AED 3,206.24 per tola from AED 3,215.36 per tola a
Fundamental Overview The USD last week finished slightly positive but overall, it was a pretty flat week. We got some great US PMIs on Friday which showed growth without inflationary pressures. In fact, despite the strong PMIs the market pricing for interest rates remained unchanged. That should be positive for risk sentiment for the time
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Oil prices fell in early Asian trade on Monday for a second straight session, weighed down by a stronger dollar after concerns of higher-for-longer interest rates resurfaced and cooled investors’ risk appetite. Brent crude futures slid 40 cents, or 0.5%, to $84.84 a barrel by 0036 GMT, after settling down 0.6% on Friday. U.S. West
USD/JPY attempt to break through the critical 160 level was unsuccessful for, as Yen recovered during a relatively quiet European session today. Although Yen surged briefly, there was no sustained selloff below the 159 mark against the greenback. The scale of the movement makes it challenging to determine if Japan intervened in the market. This
The Summary of Opinions for the June MPM suggested that the BoJ delayed additional policy rate hikes as it would like to wait for confirmation from the data. Meanwhile, there is a strong intention to reduce JGB purchase amounts, OCBC Rates Strategist Frances Cheung notes. BoJ to continue further monetary tightening “The BoJ said ‘any
Fundamental Overview Despite good data on the inflation and growth front, Bitcoin couldn’t find a sustained bid amid the generally positive risk sentiment. There was no real catalyst for the drop other than a key technical support getting breached. We got a quick drop into a key support zone today which will likely attract more
Headlines: Markets: EUR leads, USD lags on the day European equities higher; S&P 500 futures up 0.1% US 10-year yields up 0.8 bps to 4.265% Gold up 0.2% to $2,325.58 WTI crude up 0.3% to $80.97 Bitcoin down 4.9% to $61,023 It was a quiet session as markets are slowly easing into the final trading
Continuing to make lower highs on charts, MCX gold August futures on Monday opened at Rs 71,683 per 10 grams, falling by merely Rs 151 in June so far while silver MCX July futures contracts fell by Rs 6,390 in the same time period as the prices opened at Rs 81,180/kg. Gold and silver prices
Yen recovered mildly in quiet Asian session along with the Swiss Franc, driven by mild risk aversion in the region. Despite this uptick, there is no strong indication of a significant rebound for the Japanese currency following its sharp decline last week. Notably, Japan did not utilize the thin liquidity at the beginning of the
Gold prices rose in United Arab Emirates on Monday, according to data compiled by FXStreet. The price for Gold stood at 274.62 United Arab Emirates Dirhams (AED) per gram, up compared with the AED 274.22 it cost on Friday. The price for Gold increased to AED 3,203.13 per tola from AED 3,198.43 per tola a
The Swiss National Bank cut rates by 25 basis points yesterday and that reversed the downward bias that the USDCHF was experiencing going into the rate decision. The subsequent move higher move back above the 38.2% retracement of the move up from the December 2023 low at 0.8883, a swing area between 0.8881 and 0.8892,