PRECIOUS-Gold eases on worries over higher-for-longer rates
*Gold down 1% this week so far*U.S. Jan PCE data due at 1330 GMT*Fed rates seen peaking at 5.338% in July(Adds comments and details, updates prices)Feb 24 (Reuters) – Gold prices inched lower on Friday as investors fretted that a recent slate of stronger-than-expected economic data from the United States could make the Federal Reserve […]
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks limp toward biggest weekly fall of the year
*World shares in danger of biggest weekly fall of 2023*Dollar clings to 2-mth high; traders await U.S. PCE data*Nikkei rises as BOJ nominee says to maintain ultra-loose policy*Geopolitics in focus on first anniversary of Ukraine invasion*Graphic: World FX rates tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh*LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – World shares limped toward their biggest weekly fall of the year […]
PRECIOUS-Gold tiptoes higher as investors focus on Fed minutes
*Fed minutes due at 1900 GMT*U.S. dollar index down 0.1%*U.S. 10-yr Treasury yields hit highest since November*Silver, platinum off one-week highs marked on Tuesday(Adds details, updates prices)Feb 22 (Reuters) – Gold prices rose marginally on Wednesday, as investors awaited minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting to assess prospects of further interest rate […]
PRECIOUS-Gold listless as traders look to U.S. data for Fed clues
*U.S. dollar index up 0.2%*Fed minutes due on Wednesday*Traders await U.S. PCE, GDP data(Updates prices)Feb 21 (Reuters) – Gold traded in a tight range on Tuesday as investors refrained from taking big positions ahead of U.S. economic data that could influence the Federal Reserve’s interest rate-hike strategy.Spot gold eased 0.1% to $1,838.66 per ounce, as […]
Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: US jobs report was a “WOW” number
The US jobs report was – as Fed’s Daly put it – a “wow” number. The Non Farm Payroll increased by a whopping 517K. The prior two months were revised higher by 71K. The combined total of 587K far outpaced the expectations of 185K. Wow is right. The unemployment rate moved down to 3.4% (expected […]
Dollar Plunges as Fed Says Disinflation Now in Play
The dollar tumbled on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it had turned a corner in the fight against inflation, giving markets a confidence boost that the end of its rate-hike campaign is near. Source link
PRECIOUS-Gold flat as traders focus on Fed decision
*Fed policy decision due at 1900 GMT*U.S. labour cost growth smallest in a year(Adds details and updates prices)Feb 1(Reuters) – Gold held steady on Wednesday, as investors refrained from taking big bets ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy decision due later in the day.Spot gold was flat at $1,927.75 per ounce, as of 0720 […]
Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: PCE data matches estimates
Markets: Gold down $1 to $1928 US 10-year yields up 2.5 bps to 3.51% WTI crude oil down $1.63 to $79.37 S&P 500 up 0.25% to 4070 JPY leads, EUR lags The week is winding down and FX is largely flat on the day. There was some USD buying into the London fix but it […]
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks take breather after January surge, Adani plunges in India
LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – World stocks eked out a 5-1/2 month high and the dollar held close to an eight-month low on Friday, as reassuring U.S. economic and inflation data kept the bulls largely in charge ahead of next week’s slate of top central bank meetings.Asia-Pacific shares maintained their best start to a year […]
Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: Fed’s Waller gives the market a boost to end the week
There was little in the way of economic data today, but there was some final Fedspeak to end the week. It also would the last opportunity for Fed officials to speak ahead of their blackout period before the Fed meeting and decision on February. Fed’s George and Waller were both speaking. George is not a […]