Latest data released by the SNB – 27 September 2021 Domestic sight deposits CHF 636.0 bn vs CHF 636.0 bn prior Prior week’s release can be found here. Little change in terms of overall sight deposits and that once again reaffirms that the SNB is still taking their foot off the pedal for the time
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NEW DELHI: Gold and silver futures rose on Monday as persistent concerns over the fate of debt-laden property giant China Evergrande and its broader impact bolstered the precious metal’s safe-haven appeal. Evergrande missed a payment on offshore bonds last week, with further payment due this week. This sent shivers down the spine of equity investors
The Fed turned more hawkish in September, with the first rate hike pushed forward to 2022. Fed Chair Jerome Powell indicated that QE tapering will come “soon”. The staff downgraded the GDP growth forecast for this year, but revised higher that for 2022 and 2023. Inflation projections were revised higher all the way through to
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On Sunday, the diesel price was raised by 25 paise per litre, marking the second hike in rates after state-owned oil corporations abandoned a three-week rate freeze after worldwide oil prices surged to their highest level since 2018. According to a price statement from state-owned fuel dealers, the price of diesel has been raised to
What are the major economic releases and events for next week Sunday, September 26: German federal elections Monday, September 27: ECB Lagarde speak. 7:45 AM FOMC member Evans speaks, 8 AM ET US durable goods orders, 8:30 AM ET. Estimate 0.7% versus -0.1% last month FOMC Williams speaks, 12 PM ET FOMC Brainard speaks, 12:15 PM ET BOE Gov. Bailey speaks, 2 PM ET Tuesday,
NEW DELHI: The US Federal Reserve’s announcement to start tapering its bond purchase programme “soon” and the probability of earlier-than-expected rate hike have come as a big blow to bullion investors. In its policy statement on Wednesday, the US central bank said it could start paring bond purchases as soon as November and that half
House majority leaders says the vote will take place Moderate Democrats met with House Dem leaders in Pelosi’s office for an hour and 15 minutes, and afterward they were was high expectation the vote on the Senate’s infrastructure bill would still occur on Monday. “I’m bringing the bill to the floor on Monday,” Hoyer told
Sept 24: Gold prices edged higher on Friday after falling more than 1% in the previous session, helped by a subdued , although Federal Reserve‘s plans on reducing stimulus to the U.S. economy kept the bullion on track for a third straight week of declines. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold rose 0.2% to $1,746.84 per ounce
Yen’s fortune reversed last week as US treasury yields accelerate up after hawkish FOMC meeting and projections. US stocks also display strong resilience and closed generally higher, reversing prior losses. Sterling, on the other hand, shrugged off hawkish BoE voting and ended as second weakest. Aussie and Kiwi were not too far away with concerns
US stocks finish largely unchanged Futures pointed to a 25 point decline in the S&P 500 at the open but after some early softness the market quickly firmed. Closing changes: S&P 500 +7 points to 4455 or +0.1% Nasdaq -0.1% DJIA +0.1% Russell 2000 -0.5% On the week: S&P 500 +0.5% Nasdaq +0.1% Here’s the
TOKYO: prices rose for a fourth day on Friday, taking Brent towards three-year highs, as investors focused on tighter supplies amid strong appetite for riskier assets like crude and high hopes for recovery from the pandemic. Brent crude was up 40 cents, or 0.5% at $77.65 a barrel, by 0037 GMT, after touching a two-month
Sterling rebounds strongly after two BoE MPC member voted for tapering. Also, recent developments strengthened the case of modest tightening. Commodity currencies are also firmer following mild rebound in the stock markets. On the other hand, Yen, Swiss Franc and Dollar turned softer on improvement overall risk sentiment. But for now, the Pound is still
Forex news for North American trading on September 24, 2021 The CAD and the USD is ending the day as the strongest of the major currencies as the flow of funds into the CAD were by higher oil prices, and the US dollar continues to be supported by higher yields and perhaps a little flight to
New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Friday declined by Rs 365 to Rs 45,141 per 10 grams reflecting an overnight plunge in international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 45,506 per 10 grams. Silver gained marginally by Rs 21 to Rs
Market sentiment took a big turn overnight with strong rally in US indexes. Nikkei follows in Asia and reclaimed 30k handle, but other Asian markets are soft. Yen dropped notably following return of risk appetite while Dollar also weakened. On the other hand, commodity currencies rebounded notably. Yen is now the worst performing one for