Weekend: China to extend 3 lending tools for further targeted economic support
Sunday statement from the People’s Bank of China. China’s central bank says it’ll be rolling over three lending tools to extend sup[port measures for targeted sectors. a lending tool for supporting carbon emission reduction to the end of 2024 extend a relending tool for promoting the clean use of coal to the end of 2023 […]
US equities continue the steady grind higher into the weekend
The lesson of the year so far is that markets will do what people least expect. The strong consensus coming into the year was that rate and recession fears would keep stocks cheap before an H2 rally. Well, the market didn’t wait and now the S&P 500 is poised to close above some key levels, […]
Weekend oil – Yellen says setting price caps on Russian refined oil products complicated
Yellen was speaking with media on her trip to Africa. Yellen said the the US Treasury estimates that the G7-led price cap on Russian crude oil and refined products to limit Russia’s revenues could save the 17 largest net oil-importing African countries $6 billion annually said two separate price caps on Russian refined petroleum products, […]
AUD/USD hovers around 0.6960s in choppy trading ahead of the weekend
Consumer Sentiment in the United States improved and capped AUD/USD rally. The US last inflation report, spurred speculation that the Fed would decelerate the pace of interest rate increases. Improvement in Australia – China relations is a tailwind for the Australian Dollar. The Australian Dollar (AUD) hit a fresh six-month high against the US Dollar […]
Weekend – BoE’s Mann says price caps on energy could be boosting other inflation
Bank of England Bank of England The Bank of England (BoE) functions as the United Kingdom’s central bank and is one of the key drivers of monetary policy in Europe. As one of the world’s oldest central banks and established in 1694, the BoE is owned by the British government. Its central mandate involves maintaining and targeting […]
TRANSITION: The weekend forex technical report (and more) for the week of Jan 9, 2023
There are a lot of transitions that are going on from a fundamental and technical perspective.. In this weekend video, Greg Michalowski of Forexlive, talks about the transitions that are occurring in the economy, politics and in the markets in his weekend Forex technical report. Set yourself up to understand the dynamics in play and […]