Share: Pound Sterling resumes its upside journey as market mood turns upbeat after US job data. UK inflation is highest among G7 economies due to labor shortages and strong wage growth. BoE policymakers warned that interest rates will remain higher for a longer period. The Pound Sterling (GBP) weakens as market sentiment turns bearish and investors
It was a round trip in the DAX as it started soft, recovered and then finished on the floor. On the day: Stoxx 600 flat German DAX +0.6% Francis CAC -0.3% UK’s FTSE 100 +0.4% Spain’s Ibex -0.6% Italy’s FTSE MIB -0.6% On the week: Stoxx 600 +1.5% German DAX +1.3% Francis CAC +0.9% UK’s
Share: The Canadian economy unexpectedly contracted during the second quarter, as indicated by data released on Friday. Analysts at CIBC point out that the decline in consumption is likely to hinder any future interest rate hikes by the Bank of Canada. Key Quotes: Forest fires may be taking a few decimal places off
The Atlanta Fed left its GDP tracker for Q3 unchanged today: After this morning’s releases from the US Census Bureau, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Institute for Supply Management, an increase in the nowcast of third-quarter real gross private domestic investment growth from 11.8 percent to 12.3 percent was offset by decreases
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Share: After initially rising to 1.0880, the EUR/USD declines to 1.0785, below the 200-day SMA at 1.0815. Manufacturing PMIs from the US showed better-than-expected results. The US DXY index and Treasury yields significantly recovered following the release. Following the release of a mixed Nonfarm Payrolls report, which saw employment rising higher than expected, wages decelerating
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US oil and natural gas drilling rigs Oil rigs unchanged at 512 Gas rigs down 1 to 114 Oil rigs down 16% from the peak If I’m OPEC+ and looking at this, I feel totally in control. There’s no surge of US production coming to counter OPEC cuts. Some notes from John Kemp: Based on
Share: Mixed US Nonfarm Payrolls data initially fails to boost USD, but ISM Manufacturing PMI lifts sentiment. Swiss inflation exceeds estimates, but weak Retail Sales could deter SNB from tightening. The upcoming Federal Reserve meeting on September 14 could be a key event for the pair. The Swiss Franc (CHF) losses traction against
BTC daily It’s been a volatile week for bitcoin and it’s ending on a poor note. Bitcoin is down $570 or 2.2$ to $25,445. That’s just above the August low of $25,350. Bitcoin popped on Tuesday after the SEC lost a court case brought by Grayscale and its improper dismissal of a spot ETF. That
