Month: May 2021

Dollar is under selling pressure against after rather poor retail sales data. US futures also pare back some earlier gains and look vulnerable. Yen is currently following the greenback as the second weakest, while commodity currencies are the strongest, together with Euro. The question now is, whether Dollar’s decline could gather enough momentum for new
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A worker on an auto assembly line in Smyrna, Tennessee. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Images The concentration of price pressures in a handful of categories means markets shouldn’t yet be worrying about inflation after Wednesday’s U.S. surprise, economists have told CNBC. The U.S. Consumer Price Index for April rose 4.2% from the same period last year, its
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In this article DASH Sign reading We Deliver With Doordash, referencing the Doordash food delivery service, San Ramon, California, September 12, 2020. Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images DoorDash on Thursday reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss, blaming a short-term shortage of delivery drivers as consumer demand outstripped its forecast. But the company raised
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Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said on Friday that he is worried about excesses and imbalances in the economy and the housing market, as reported by Reuters. Additional takeaways “It’s going to take a while to resolve supply-demand imbalances in labor market.” “Watching carefully if supply-demand imbalances feed into higher inflation.” “Committed to anchoring inflation
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NEW DELHI: Today is Akshaya Tritiya, considered an auspicious occasion for buying and gifting gold. While gold prices are off their record highs, some analysts believe those who missed the gold rally in 2020 could look to buy the yellow metal at current prices, as the outlook looks positive. Some technical analysts project gold price
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Year-to-date, Canadian dollar is the best performing currency against US dollar. Indeed, most of the gains has been accumulated after the April BOC meeting, at which policymakers announced QE tapering and hinted about rate hike in as soon as next year. Despite recent disappointment in macroeconomic data, we expect yield differential and crude oil price
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