ANZ’s revisions to their oil demand forecasts were issued late last week. A snippet of commentary, firstly on the demand side: Crude oil recorded its biggest weekly decline since early April amid rising concerns of weaker demand. Demand indicators have largely held up, with global air travel improving as international borders are reopened. However, there
Is the Fed pivot dead? Well, not exactly. But the early whispers are certainly not ringing anymore after the hot US jobs report on Friday. That is leaving markets to believe that we are at least likely to see a 50 bps rate hike in September, with 75 bps still on the table. It’s now
NEW DELHI: Gold prices edged lower on Monday after a solid US jobs report last week boosted the prospect of aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, lifting the dollar and treasury yields. A solid US payrolls report pushed back against talk of recession and lifted the dollar index to its highest since July
Yen stays generally soft in relatively quiet markets in Asia. But Dollar also softens slightly. On the other hand, Australian Dollar is firmer up on steady market sentiment, as followed by Swiss Franc and Euro. Sterling and Canadian are mixed for now. The economic calendar is light this week. The most market moving even would
There’s a lot of speculation lately about whether the U.S. is officially in a recession. Both President Joe Biden and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said we’re not there just yet, pointing to the strong labor market and rising wages. The official declaration typically comes from the National Bureau of Economic Research, and it has
Open interest in gold futures markets remained erratic on Friday and dropped by nearly 7K contracts, according to preliminary readings from CME Group. On the other hand, volume reversed two daily drops in a row and increased by around 13.3K contracts. Gold looks to retest $1,800 Prices of the ounce troy of gold faltered just
Deriving their names from the size of the massive mammals swimming around the earth’s oceans, cryptocurrency whales refer to individuals or entities that hold large amounts of cryptocurrency. In the case of Bitcoin (BTC), someone can be considered a whale if they hold over 1,000 BTC, and there are less than 2,500 of them out
The US jobs report on Friday helped to initially move the dollar higher, stocks lower and yields higher. However, by the close, the dollar had come off high levels, stocks took back declines. Yields did stay elevated. What about the expectations going forward? What might the Fed officials reaction be to 528K new jobs? What
Sanya, in Hainan province, was in the headlines last week with partial shut-ins: A full city-wide lockdown is now in place, ‘static management’ the new buzzwords from the bureaucrats in charge: cases there spiked to more than 200 on Friday movement will be restricted except for those who provide essential public services, and emergency work
There was an abrupt rise in commodity prices when Russia invaded Ukraine in the last week of February. Supply constraints and worries about inflation have helped commodity prices surge to record or multi-year highs. Although a correction was witnessed in several other commodities, natural gas prices remain unchanged. Restricted supplies from the world’s largest gas
Hiring in July was far better than expected, defying signs that the economic recovery is losing steam, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls rose 528,000 for the month and the unemployment rate was 3.5%, easily topping the Dow Jones estimates of 258,000 and 3.6%, respectively. The unemployment rate is now back to
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BTCUSD had a nice rally above 3% yesterday but volume is not strong and bitcoin can easily test the 20k mark or close to it. We aim for a short position with a ‘take profit’ target that is in line with testing an important VWAP, and is much higher than that 20 thousand dollar key
China trade data for July 2022 was released on Sunday: This snapshot is from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here. China’s economy continued to recover from lockdowns earlier in the year through July, the best growth in exports will be welcome. Less welcome of course is the miss on imports, this will be
Gold prices edged higher on Thursday, buoyed by a pullback in the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields, while investors awaited the U.S. non-farm payrolls report later this week that could offer more cues on the Federal Reserve’s rate hike plans. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was up 0.2% at $1,767.97 per ounce, as of 0123 GMT.
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Bureau of Labor Statistics The U.S. economy added many more jobs than expected last month, and there was an appetite for workers particularly in the service sector, which has been grappling with labor shortages. The leisure and hospitality sector saw the most jobs growth, with 96,000 payrolls added in July,
AUD/USD is about to finish the week with losses of 1.10%. A bearish-engulfing candle pattern and the RSI’s crossing below 50 are two reasons that could tumble the AUD/USD. AUD/USD sellers eye a break below 0.6900, on its way towards 0.6800. The AUD/USD drops substantially, courtesy of upbeat US economic data, which sent the major
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