By Yvonne Yue Li, Joe Richter and Eddie SpenceGold began the year with lofty expectations on the back of a record high and its biggest annual gain in a decade. Instead, the precious metal is off to its worst start in 30 years. Spot prices touched a seven-month low on Friday, deepening a slump and
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We expect the RBNZ to deliver a less dovish message in the upcoming meeting. Economic data released since the November meeting have been encouraging, with the price level and the job market on track to reach the target. These should lead to upgrades in the economic projections. Financial conditions have tightened as the yield curve
Key events and releases for the week starting February 22 Coming Up! Title text for next article LON SDNY+11 NY -5 TYO +9 GMT Fed Powell testifies. RBNZ rate decision Monday German Ifo business climate index. 4 AM ET/0 900 GMT NZD retail sales QoQ, 4:45 PM ET/2145 GMT Tuesday UK employment statistics. 2 PM ET/0700 GMT Fed Powell
By John Kemp LONDON: US petroleum consumption and inventories have returned to normal after the pandemic and volume war last year, with the significant exception of jet fuel, where demand remains suppressed by travel restrictions. Market rebalancing has been completed earlier than seemed likely a few months ago, as a result of a strong recovery
Stocks markets took a breather last week while focus turned to surging industrial metal prices and treasury yields. Strength in metals was seen more about supply shortage than recovery in demand. That somewhat also reinforced reflation trades. US 10-year yield was back above 1.3%, German 10-year bund yield at -0.3%, UK 10-year gilt yield at
Forex news for North American trading on February 19, 2021 The USD was the weakest currency at the close of yesterday and it continued the move to the downside today. Although it was not the weakest of the majors (the CHF was the weakest), it fell vs all the majors with the exception of the CHF. The biggest
NEW YORK: Oil prices fell for a second day on Friday, retreating further from recent highs as Texas energy companies began preparations to restart oil and gas fields shuttered by freezing weather. Brent crude futures were down 33 cents, or 0.5%, at $63.60 a barrel by 11:06 a.m. (1606 GMT) U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
Australian Dollar overtakes Sterling as the strongest one for the week, as supported by return of risk-mode markets. In particular, industrial metal is having strong rally with copper trading up 2% at the time of writing. Sterling shrugs off poor retail sales but was supported by PMI and upbeat comments from BoE official. Euro is
Risk keeps in a better spot after a more tepid start earlier today S&P 500 futures are up by ~0.4% while Nasdaq futures are up ~0.5% amid a more quiet and calmer tone in the market in European trading. The reflation trade is starting to stick its head out the door again as we also
Futures in New York dropped toward $59 a barrel, falling the most in three months at one point on Friday. Companies are using restored power from grids or generators to resume output that was halted by the frigid weather, according to people familiar with the matter. The timeline for a full restoration of the estimated
Sterling continues to trade as the strongest one for the week, as focus turns to UK retail sales and PMIs. Upside surprises there could give the Pound another lift. Australian Dollar is keeping itself close as second strongest for now. On the other hand, Yen and Swiss France are staying as the weakest, followed by
Retail sales from Australia for the first month of the new year, flash reading Up 0.6% m/m expected +2.0% m/m prior -4.1% In seasonally adjusted terms, +10.7% in January 2021 compared with January 2020. That’s an encouraging y/y rise. This flash read is, of course, subject to revision. The final January figures will be published
By John KempLONDON: Saudi Arabia’s oil minister has called for a cautious approach to raising production, even as prices surge and many traders anticipate an increasingly severe shortage of petroleum later this year. “We are in a much better place than we were a year ago, but I must warn, once again, against complacency. The
Dollar is back under some selling pressure, starting in European session, and intensifies after poor job data. Weakness in the greenback is dragging down Canadian Dollar as the second worst performing, while Yen follows as third. Sterling is once again leading the way higher, followed by Aussie and Kiwi. Euro and Swiss France are mixed,
oil market. More than 4 million barrels a day of output — almost 40% of the nation’s crude production — is now offline, according to traders and executives. One of the world’s biggest oil refining centers has seen output drastically cut back. The waterways that help U.S. oil flow to the rest of the world
Risk keeps in a more tepid spot so far today The market is seeing a bit of a mixed mood with Treasuries a little lower alongside stocks, while the dollar is also slightly weaker across the board for the time being. S&P 500 futures are down by ~0.4%, Nasdaq futures down ~0.7% and Dow futures
Australian Dollar strengthens mildly in Asian session today, as supported by another set of solid job data. But overall, trading in the forex markets is subdued. Dollar is taking a breather as FOMC minutes provided no special inspirations. The greenback is, nonetheless, staying as the strongest one for the week, together with Sterling. Yen, Swiss
LONDON: Oil prices were mixed on Wednesday, underpinned by a major supply disruption in the southern United States this week where a winter storm hit Texas, but pressured by reports that Saudi Arabia plans to increase output in the coming months. Benchmark Brent crude gained 13 cents, or 0.2%, to $63.48 a barrel at 1442