[ad_1] Fed’s Powell’s Jackson Hole speech finally came and unlike last year when the speech was short and sweet and to the point, there was little bit of something for everyone : Regarding monetary policy and rate decisions: Prepared to raise rates further if deemed necessary. The next move will be based on data. The
[ad_1] Higher AUD/USD on the session – rising iron ore price in China a tailwind There are rumours that some Chinese banks are freezing some savings accounts – PBOC denies Bank of America S&P500 technical analysis, 4325 and 4200 as the next two major levels Fund manager says Fed Chair Powell will err on the
[ad_1] Headlines: Markets: CAD leads, JPY lags on the day European equities higher; S&P 500 futures up 0.5% US 10-year yields up 4.9 bps to 4.298% Gold up 0.3% to $1,893.79 WTI crude up 1.3% to $82.30 Bitcoin flat at $26,081 It was a relatively quiet session as markets get settled into the new week.
[ad_1] GBPUSD back above the 100/200 hour MAs The GBPUSD is snapping back higher. In the kickstart technical video from earlier, the pair had moved back below the 100/200 hour MAs which are converged at 1.2719. That tilt of the bias more to the downside but a swing area between 1.2678 and 1.26988 stalled the
[ad_1] There was no major news coming out of the Fed chatter. Most of the focus was on interest rates, and stocks. Bitcoin fell toward technical support. Crude oil prices rebounded off of low levels and closed higher on the day, but down on the week. On Friday, if you were to look at the
[ad_1] Headlines: Markets: EUR leads, AUD lags on the day European equities lower; S&P 500 futures down 0.5% US 10-year yields up 5.1 bps to 4.232% Gold down 0.3% to $1,901.09 WTI crude down 1.0% to $81.69 Bitcoin down 0.1% to $29,331 China was in the headlines once again, performing three rate cuts in one
[ad_1] Headlines: Markets: GBP leads, NZD lags on the day European equities lower; S&P 500 futures flat US 10-year yields up 2.2 bps to 4.103% Gold up 0.3% to $1,918.65 WTI crude up 0.6% to $83.33 Bitcoin down 0.1% to $29,392 It was a quiet session as we observed yet another typical summer’s day in
[ad_1] Markets: Gold flat at $1912 US 10-year yields up 8.8 bps to 4.17% WTI crude oil up 35-cents to $83.17 S&P 500 flat GBP leads, NZD lags The final changes on the day and the headlines don’t capture what was a lively August Friday. The PPI numbers hit and were slightly stronger than expected.
[ad_1] Markets: Gold up $8 to $1941 US 10-year yields down 14.5 bps to 4.04% WTI crude up $1.10 to $82.65 EUR leads, CAD lags S&P 500 down 24 points, or -0.5% The initial reaction to the non-farm payrolls report was to sell the dollar but then the market had a look at the higher
[ad_1] There was some FX movement during the session here even as traders looked ahead to the US employment report due later on Friday. AUD and NZD were out-performers awaiting a news conference called in China by the State Planner, the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NDRC), and the
