Better than expected Swedish GDP and retail sales figures yesterday helped the krona strengthen in yesterday’s trade against the US Dollar. The Swedish economy shrank by 0.8% in Q2, much less than the previously reported -1.5% preliminary figure and the consensus estimate of 1.3%. Surprisingly, retail sales increased in July by 1.0% m/m. Earlier, Sweden
The only standout is that the Japanese government raised the view on exports for the first time in three months, noting that it is “showing movements of picking up recently”. Besides that, here is the rest of the overall assessments: Private consumption is picking up Business investment is picking up Industrial production shows signs of
Inflation in the US is declining. It is a fact. But it still remains above the Fed’s 2% target. If at a meeting in July the Fed leaders, even in the face of declining inflation and approaching its target level, nevertheless raised the interest rate and expressed their readiness to continue the cycle of tightening
Share: Interest rate expectations are likely to continue driving the Gold price, strategists at Commerzbank report. US economic data should be a key driver of the Gold price The US economy grew by 2.4% on an annualised basis in the second quarter, and thus more sharply than expected. This means there is still