Wholesale prices rose more than expected in January, further complicating the inflation picture, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report Friday. The producer price index, a measure of prices received by producers of domestic goods and services, rose 0.3% for the month, the biggest move since August. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been
Share: The strength in the Dollar pushed USD/JPY back above 150.00. Economists at UBS analyze Yen’s (JPY) outlook. The current entry point to buy the Yen is attractive We think the BoJ’s policy normalization remains on track this year on strong wage hike negotiations and corporate profitability. We maintain the view that the Japanese Yen
Yen weakens mildly in Asian session today, contrasting with Nikkei’s continued up trend towards historical high made in 1990. This development comes amidst diminishing impacts of Japanese officials’ verbal interventions aimed at stemming Yen’s decline. Without tangible policy measures to back these statements, the currency’s depreciation has persisted. Meanwhile, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki’s tone has
USD The Fed left interest rates unchanged as expected while dropping the tightening bias in the statement but adding a slight pushback against a March rate cut. Fed Chair Powell stressed that they want to see more evidence of inflation falling back to target and that a rate cut in March is not their base
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Gold traded with a slight uptick on Friday helped by a slip in the dollar index (DXY) and US bond yields after decline continued on softer economic data. The lower-than-estimated retail sales have once again left Street confused as to which way the economy is headed. A rate cut expectation will likely be the key
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Share: US Retail Sales missed the mark on Thursday, driving down the US Dollar. The Euro caught a leg up, putting more distance above the 1.0700 handle. Friday wraps up the trading week with US PPI figures, Michigan sentiment survey. EUR/USD gained ground on Thursday, extending a rebound from the 1.0700 handle after the pair
The NZDUSD buyers based the pair today at the 200 and 100-day MAs near 0.6075 to 0.6078. Those were just above the 50% of the move from the October 2023 to the December 2024 high. That midpoint comes at 0.6070. So with the cluster of key technical levels – the 50%, 100-day and 200-day MAs
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Gold prices languished near a two-month trough on Thursday as traders lowered expectations of sooner and deeper rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year, while markets await a slew of U.S. economic data for further clarity. Spot gold was up 0.3% at $1,997.10 per ounce, as of 1158 GMT, but hovered near its lowest
Dollar’s pullback intensifies in early US session, prompted by unexpectedly poor retail sales data for January. This underwhelming performance is reigniting debates about the enduring strength of consumer spending, a critical factor in fueling inflation. Although a single data point does not dictate the broader economic narrative, it nonetheless re-introduces speculation about Fed’s potential rate
(L-R) United Auto Workers (U.A.W.) members Kaleb Delfine, Bryan Broecker, Michael Gatto and James Triplett picket outside the Jeep Plant on September 18, 2023 in Toledo, Ohio. Sarah Rice | Getty Images Global auto giant Stellantis on Thursday reported a 10% year-on-year fall in profit in the second half of 2023, as six-week strikes at
Consumer spending fell sharply in January, presenting a potential early danger sign for the economy, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Advance retail sales declined 0.8% for the month following a downwardly revised 0.4% gain in December, according to the Census Bureau. A decrease had been expected: Economists surveyed by Dow Jones were looking for a
Share: USD/IDR is stable at around the 15,600 level following Indonesian general elections. Economists at Commerzbank analyze the pair’s outlook. Indonesia to post steady growth of around 5.1% this year Prabowo Subianto, 72 and the current Defence Minister, claimed victory in the Presidential election in Indonesia. Investors have taken the result positively. The strong result
The AUDUSD fell sharply yesterday, and that selling continued in the Asian session today. However after reaching into a key swing area between 0.6445 and 0.6455, momentum slowed, the price bottomed and a rebound was started. That move has now taken the price of 0.64913. Just ahead is a broken 61.8% retracement of the move-up
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Gold futures traded flat and struggled near a two-month low on Thursday as investors assessed comments from two U.S. Federal Reserve officials on unexpectedly high January inflation that has tempered hopes for swift and deeper interest rate cuts this year. The April gold futures were trading at Rs 61,366 per 10 grams on the MCX