Share: S&P 500 rises 1.54%, closing at 4,414.57, marking its seventh consecutive week of gains. Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones Industrial also post gains, with technology and consumer sectors leading. Market players overlook Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments, focusing instead on mixed economic data. Upcoming week to focus on US inflation data,
Here is a great chart snapshot from BMO showing how Fed pricing has changed in the past year. Most of 2023 involved the market buying into the idea of higher-for-longer Fed funds but since October 18, there has been a fresh attempt to price in rate cuts, despite ongoing hawkish Fed rhetoric. That came after
Share: AUD/USD refreshes weekly low near 0.6560 as the broader market mood is risk-off. Fed Powell considered current monetary policy as inadequate to bring down inflation to 2%. The RBA MPS report indicated that further tightening would be largely dependent on incoming data. The AUD/USD pair continues its losing streak for the fifth
Gold (XAU/USD) Analysis, Prices, and Charts Powell not confident that the Fed has done enough to get inflation down to target. US 30-year bond sale floundered, sending yields sharply higher. DailyFX Economic Calendar Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sent risk markets spinning lower, and bond yields higher after he said that the US central bank
Article by IG Senior Market Analyst Axel Rudolph FTSE 100, S&P 500, Russell 2000 Analysis and Charts FTSE 100 recovery runs out of stream The FTSE 100 has come off Thursday’s 7,466 high amid hawkish comments by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell and as the British economy stalls in the third quarter.
EUR/USD, PRICE FORECAST: WEEKLY FORECAST: Gold Price Forecast: $1950 Key Support Approaches as Bears Eye Further Downside The Euro appears to be gaining some traction against the Greenback of late. The 1.0700 handle however has proved stubborn with EURUSD unable to maintain gains once crossing the threshold. Markets continue to remain optimistic that the Fed
Share: USD/CAD trades with a mild negative bias and is pressured by a modest USD downtick. The uncertainty over the Fed’s rate-hike path should help limit any meaningful USD fall. Bearish Oil prices might continue to undermine the Loonie and lend support to the pair. The USD/CAD pair ticks lower during the Asian
Gold price oscillates in a narrow range amid the uncertainty over the Fed’s rate-hike path. Declining US bond yields caps the recent USD recovery and lends support to the XAU/USD. Traders now await Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech before placing fresh directional bets. Gold price (XAU/USD) struggles to capitalize on the overnight bounce from the
Share: Researchers from Nordea are out with a note highlighting that the Fed’s (and other central banks’) fight with inflation will remain an ongoing task for longer than most might be expecting, with Nordea currently anticipating a lack of any rate cuts until well into 2025. Major forecasts: Firmly on hold The central