Month: February 2023

Dollar is staying generally firm today but lacks clear-cut momentum to extend last week’s rally. Overall sentiment is mildly on the risk-off side, with major European indexes and US futures in red while benchmark treasury yields jump. For now, Yen remains the worst performer for the day, followed by Kiwi and then Aussie. Swiss Franc
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Share: “British central bank was prepared to do more to get inflation back to target,” said Bank of England (BoE) Chief Economist Huw Pill on Monday per Reuters. The news also states that the BoE suggested last week that interest rates were approaching their peak. Key comments I do have a high degree of confidence
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Gold prices hit a more than four-week low on Monday, as the U.S. dollar firmed after stronger-than-expected jobs data fanned concerns that the Federal Reserve might keep hiking interest rates. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was little changed at $1,865.88 per ounce, as of 0045 GMT, after hitting its lowest level since Jan. 6 earlier in
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Yen opens the week broadly lower on rumors that current ultra-loose monetary policy would be maintained by the next BoJ governor. Meanwhile, markets are mixed elsewhere. Dollar is paring some gains after initial rally, but stays generally firm. Australian Dollar is trying to recover with other commodity currencies. Swiss Franc is slightly outperforming other European
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Share: US Dollar maintains bid tone. Economists at Société Générale expect the USD Index (DXY) to extend the rebound and see potential to reach the January peak near 105.60. Defending 101.40 is essential for persistence in up move “The Dollar Index approached the earlier highlighted potential support zone near 100.60/100.00 representing peak of 2015. A
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