Gold traded range bound on Wednesday, though the bias remained negative as Street awaits the FOMC policy outcomes, later today. Yellow metal’s slide was despite some weakness in the dollar index (DXY) which was hovering around the 105.14 mark against a basket of six top currencies, down 0.05%. The MCX October gold futures were trading
Month: September 2023
Canadian Dollar’s rally gathers additional momentum during early US session, buoyed by data that depicted faster re-acceleration in Canadian inflation than anticipated. It is noteworthy that the surge in headline inflation figure was chiefly influenced by escalating gasoline prices, yet inflation excluding gasoline did not decelerate as BoC would love to see. This scenario is
The auto workers’ strike is the latest in a series of labor-management conflicts that economists say could start having significant growth impacts if they persist. So far, the United Auto Workers stoppage has impacted just a small portion of the workforce with limited implications for the broader economy. But it is part of a pattern
“Buy-now, pay-later” firm Klarna aims to return to profit by summer 2023. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Swedish buy now, pay later firm Klarna reduced its losses by roughly 67% in the first half of 2023, as the company dramatically cut costs in a bid toward profitability. The company reported overall net operating
Share: GBP/USD continues with its struggle to register any recovery from a multi-month trough. Traders opt to wait for the UK CPI and FOMC decision, ahead of Thursday’s BoE meeting. The setup favours bears and suggests that the path of least resistance is to the downside. The GBP/USD pair extends the previous day’s rejection slide
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The EUR is ending the day as the strongest of the major currencies. The USD is also mostly higher with gains vs all the major currencies with the exception of the EUR. The JPY and the NZD were the weakest of the majors. The strongest to the weakest of the majors. The gains in the
Oil was on track for a third weekly gain as supply tightness spearheaded by Saudi Arabian production cuts combines with optimism that the Chinese economy is finally turning a corner. Crude prices were little changed at 1248 GMT. Brent crude futures gained 8 cents to $93.78 a barrel while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was up
Japanese Yen registered notable slump today, recording a new low for the year against Dollar, a move driven largely by ascending benchmark yields in the US and European markets. Meanwhile, sentiment in risk markets appears to be on the upswing, partly propelled by encouraging economic data emerging from China, fostering an environment where commodity currencies
A shopper peruses the meats section of a grocery store on September 12, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Inflation at the wholesale level rose more than expected in August, countering recent data showing that price increases have tempered lately. The producer price index, a measure of what producers get for
In this article ORCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Larry Ellison, Oracle’s chairman and technology chief, speaks at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on September 16, 2019. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Oracle shares moved about 5% lower in extended trading on Monday after the database software maker disclosed fiscal first-quarter revenue
Share: As US economic data strengthens the dollar, GBP/USD trades at 1.2397, slipping below its 200-day Moving Average. Odds for a November rate hike by the Fed stand at 32.45%, while bets on a BoE rate hike toward 6% are scaled back. With U.S. 10-year Treasury yields at 4.326% and a solid US economy, the
US: The Fed hiked by 25 bps as expected and kept everything unchanged at the last meeting. Fed Chair Powell reaffirmed their data dependency and kept all the options on the table. Inflation measures since then showed further disinflation. The labour market displayed signs of softening although it remains fairly solid. Overall, the economic data
In addition to what is listed below is the Reuters Tankan report for the month. Due at 2300 GMT. The Reuters Tankan is a monthly survey conducted by Reuters news agency in collaboration with the International University of Japan. is similar to the Tankan survey conducted by the Bank of Japan, which is a quarterly
Dollar-pegged stablecoins are not immune to dropping their pegs, but some such as Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) and MakerDAO’s Dai (DAI), have been more prone to depegging than others, according to analysts at S&P Global. A September research paper from Dr. Cristina Polizu, Anoop Garg and Miguel de la Mata, delved into stablecoin valuation and depegging
Gold traded range bound on Tuesday ahead of the US inflation numbers amid a flat dollar index (DXY) which was hovering around 104.75 against a basket of six top currencies, though the bias remained positive. The MCX October gold futures were trading up by Rs 35 or 0.06% from the Monday closing price at Rs
Trading in the European session has been relatively muted, with the primary contributor to the quietness being a notably thin economic calendar. Euro experienced a mild dip following European Commission’s downgrade of growth projections for Eurozone for the current year and next. While Euro displayed pronounced weakness against commodity-linked currencies, its descent was restricted against
Choochart Choochaikupt | Istock | Getty Images American consumers are worried about access to credit amid persistently higher interest rates and tighter standards at banks, according to a New York Federal Reserve survey released Monday. Respondents indicating that the ability to get loans, credit cards and mortgages is harder now than it was a year