Bitcoin regains lost ground Following last week’s rejection by its key resistance area amid the Iran war, Bitcoin slid by around 11% from its 4 March $74,071.02 high to Sunday’s $65,618.93 low. On Monday morning a recovery effort began, though, with the $70,057.25 – $74,071.02 resistance zone being back in the frame. What is needed
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Prior -1.9%; revised to -1.0% The drag here also comes after a more positive revision to the December numbers, so keep that in mind. Still, German industrial output was much weaker in January amid a steeper drop in production in the manufacture of metal products (-12.4%). Looking at the breakdown, the production of consumer goods
Factory orders and industrial production from Germany and investor confidence from the euro area are due on Monday. At 3.00 am ET, Destatis is scheduled to issue Germany’s industrial production and factory orders figures. Economists forecast production to grow 1.0 percent on a monthly basis, reversing a 1.9 percent fall in December. Orders are expected
Asian markets endured a severe sell-off today as the escalating conflict in the Middle East drove a dramatic surge in global energy prices. Brent and WTI crude both surged toward the 120 per barrel mark, on intensifying fears that the disruption around the Strait of Hormuz could evolve into a prolonged supply shock. The spike
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What a scintillating start to the new week this is. Oil prices have surged by well over 20%, poised for its largest one-day gain on record. And we’re talking about prices near $120 again after having initially hesitated to get above $80 last week. I mentioned last week already that the $80 mark was the
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Overall consumer prices in China were up 1.0 percent on month in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. That exceeded expectations for an increase of 0.6 percent and was up sharply from 0.2 percent in January. On a yearly basis, inflation was up 1.3 percent – again topping forecasts for 0.9 percent
USD/JPY is closing in on the highest levels of the year. The pair is up 80 pips so far today to 158.59, breaking above last week’s peak and trading at the best levels since January 22. That was the day of the widely-publicized Ministry of Finance rate check via US banks late on a Friday.
Gold fell to $5,118 per ounce on Monday, pressured by a stronger US dollar and diminishing expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, which together outweighed safe-haven demand stemming from the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Investor worries about the conflict’s economic fallout intensified after oil prices climbed above $100 per barrel. As the
The value of overall bank lending in Japan was up 4.5 percent on year in February, the Bank of Japan said on Monday – coming in at 663.823 trillion yen. That was above expectations for an increase of 4.4 percent, which would have been unchanged from the January reading following a downward revision from 4.5
The FX market offered an early indication of a strong risk-off move in early trading this week and the futures market paints that much more clearly. The S&P 500 fell 1.3% on Friday and futures are down another 1.4% at the open. Gold initially rallied at the open but is now down $25 in a
Global markets closed the week under the growing shadow of a rapidly escalating energy crisis. What began as a geopolitical confrontation in the Middle East has now evolved into a far broader macro shock, forcing investors to reassess everything from inflation risks and monetary policy to equity valuations and currency dynamics. At the center of
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