A review of the market prices after the Fed Powell speech

> A review of the market prices after the Fed Powell speech Fed Powell speech sends USD lower initially, but moving back higher in up and down trading EURUSD 1.0812 USDJPY 1.4608 GBPUSD 1.2611 USDCHF 0.8851 USDCAD 1.3600 AUDUSD 0.6417 NZDUSD 0.5918 US interest rates: 2 year yield 5.058% 10 year yield 4.235% 30 year

Unveiling Crude Oil Market Trends

Exploring the intricate workings of the Crude Oil market requires a mix of sharp insight and clear communication. Today, we’re taking a pragmatic approach to Crude Oil (USoil), offering a snapshot of the current state in this ever-shifting landscape. Amid signals from China’s demand pulse and the distant murmurings of potential US interest rate hikes,

Market Update – August 23 – Waiting for Nvidia, PMIs & Jackson Hole

On a day when Monday’s optimism had already faded in US markets, weighed down by both a new downgrade of the banking sector’s credit rating – this time by S&P – and the pullback of NVDA, one of the most interesting movements was the USD. Without any real news flow and without any abrupt movements

Market Update – 21 August – PBOC disappoints, markets quiet

APAC stocks traded mixed as the disappointment from China’s decision on its Loan Prime Rates overshadowed its recent support efforts; Hong Kong underperformed. PBOC opted for a narrower-than-expected cut to the 1-year LPR alongside a surprise hold on the 5-year LPR, which is the reference rate for mortgages. PBOC and regulators met with bank executives

Global Market Weekly Recap: August 14 – 18, 2023

It was a busy week for repricing monetary policy expectations, as central bank meeting minutes and top-tier data prints supported a longer period of high-interest rates for the major economies. Meanwhile, concerns over China’s growth and stability translated to limited risk-taking and even selling in the markets. Riskier assets like equities, commodities, and comdolls as

Weekly Market Outlook (21-25 August)

UPCOMING EVENTS: Monday: PBoC LPR. Wednesday: NZ Retail Sales, AU/JP/EZ/GB/US PMIs, Canada Retail Sales. Thursday: US Jobless Claims. Friday: Fed Chair Powell speaks at the Jackson Hole Symposium (24-26 August). Monday The PBoC is expected to cut the LPR rates by 15 bps as it did the last week with the MLF. The rate cuts

Rouble strengthens as market anticipates possible capital controls By Reuters

© Reuters. The newly designed Russian 100-rouble banknotes are seen at the Goznak printing factory in Moscow, Russia July 6, 2022. Moscow News Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. By Alexander Marrow and Elena Fabrichnaya (Reuters) – The Russian rouble strengthened to 93 against