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Month: September 2024
China retail sales, industrial output, investment data for August 2024 – another round of disappointing results. Retail Sales +2.1% (YoY) (Aug) expected 2.5%, prior 2.7% Industrial Production +4.5% (YoY) (Aug) expected 4.8%, prior 5.1% Fixed Asset Investment +3.4$(YTD) (YoY) (Aug) expected 3.5%, prior 3.6% Unemployment 5.3% expected 5.2%, prior 5.2% Also published were home prices
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell arrives to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2024. Chris Kleponis | AFP | Getty Images Federal Reserve officials head into their policy meeting Tuesday closer to
Oil prices fell on Friday as U.S. Gulf of Mexico crude production resumed following Hurricane Francine and rising data showed a weekly rise in U.S. rig count. Brent crude futures settled at $71.61 a barrel, down 36 cents, or 0.5%. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) settled at $68.65 a barrel, down 32 cents, or
The financial markets have been more influenced by speculations than by concrete economic data, as anticipation builds ahead of Fed’s interest rate decision on September 18. Recent US economic indicators, including the latest CPI report and the prior week’s non-farm payrolls, pointed toward a cautious and modest 25bps rate cut. However, traders and investors chose
It was a solid quarter for the companies in our stock portfolio, with the bulk of our names reporting what we felt were good-to-great earnings reports. Continued economic growth on the back of a resilient consumer and increasing business confidence ahead of what most expect to be a lower interest rate environment helped drive the
The NZD/JPY pair has been in a downtrend, declining in four of the last six sessions. The RSI is oversold and has a declining slope, indicating that selling pressure is increasing. The MACD is also negative and the histogram is rising. Friday’s session saw the NZD/JPY pair decline by more than 1% to 86.60 marking another
The US yields are trading at new session lows. The two-year is trading at 3.598%. That’s the lowest level going back to March 2023. The 10 year yield is an 3.642%. That’s its lowest level going back to June 2023. The low in yields has the USDJPY also extending back toward session lows for the
The pricing there is reflected in the fall in bond yields this week, with 10-year Treasury yields now hitting its lowest since June last year. The odds of a 50 bps rate cut next week now stands at ~35%, up from around ~25% early Monday. It’s still down from the near coin flip odds prior
People shop at a store in Brooklyn on August 14, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The Federal Reserve gets its last look this week at inflation readings before it will determine the size of a widely-expected interest rate cut soon. On Wednesday, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics will
Gold prices rallied by Rs 600 to Rs 74,100 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday on the back of fresh buying from jewellers. In the previous session, the precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had closed at Rs 73,500 per 10 grams on Monday. Silver prices, too, jumped Rs 700 to
Trading in the forex markets remained relatively subdued today, with limited momentum across major pairs. Sterling saw a brief uptick following robust UK employment data, but the rally quickly lost steam. The data did little to alter expectations that BoE will likely keep rates unchanged next week and wait until November to reassess its stance.
In this article GS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, during an interview for an episode of “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” in New York on Aug. 6, 2024. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs will post a roughly $400 million pretax hit to third-quarter
Gold prices rose in Malaysia on Tuesday, according to data compiled by FXStreet. The price for Gold stood at 351.38 Malaysian Ringgits (MYR) per gram, up compared with the MYR 349.93 it cost on Monday. The price for Gold increased to MYR 4,098.37 per tola from MYR 4,081.51 per tola a day earlier. Unit measure
The USDJPY has seen up and down volatility after the US jobs report and subsequent market volatility. The tumble in US stocks and move lower in yields may have an influence as well as sellers pushed the price lower. Technically however, the low price today at 141.75, 10 apex of the low price from August
Markets: Gold down $20 to $2496 US 10-year yields down 1.4 bps to 3.72%, 2-year yields down 9.3 bps to 3.65% WTI crude oil down $1.07 to $68.08 S&P 500 down 1.7% JPY leads, AUD lags Non-farm payrolls Friday lived up to the hype, though it wasn’t exactly straightforward. The kneejerk reaction to the report
An attendee takes information about a California State job at a City Career Fair hiring event in Sacramento, California, US, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The unemployment rate for Black Americans fell in August, according to data released Friday by the Department of Labor. In August, Black
Oil pared gains on Friday after data showed U.S. employment increased less than expected in August, and was on track for a heavy weekly loss as demand concerns outweighed a delay to supply increases by OPEC+ producers. Brent crude futures rose 29 cents, or 0.4%, to $72.98 a barrel by 1320 GMT. U.S. West Texas