After cutting interest rates for the first time this year in September, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its widely expected decision to lower interest rates by another quarter point. The Fed said it decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent to 4.0 percent […]
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There’s no sense denying it: the recent sell-off in gold pricing is predominantly technical. Naturally, prices in the markets don’t trend in straight lines: if they did, we’d all have more money than we know what to do with. I mean to say, retracements towards the average are necessary for an uptrend to continue, although
The Bank of Canada today said it would take a ‘material’ change in its lowered outlook for the economy to cut rates again. The central bank lowered its overnight rate to 2.25% from 2.50% but indicated that’s the final cut planned, while acknowledging considerable uncertainty around trade and the path of growth. The market still
After reporting a sharp increase by pending home sales in the U.S. in the previous month, the National Association of Realtors released a report on Wednesday showing pending home sales unexpectedly came in flat in the month of September. NAR said its pending homes sales index was unchanged at 74.8 in September after surging by
The Euro (EUR) is entering Wednesday’s NA session roughly flat against the US Dollar (USD) as it recovers from minor overnight losses and finds renewed support on the back of broader trade-related sentiment, Scotiabank’s Chief FX Strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret report. EUR’s technicals remain neutral “Correlation studies reveal a renewed strengthening in the
2025.10.29 2025.10.29 What Is Tick in Trading: Definition, Value & Strategy Artem Parshinhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/artem-parshin/ Modern trading in financial markets often comes down to short-term operations and minimal time intervals. The smallest of these is the tick chart — a tool so precise that it shows every trade executed in a security. Despite its unusual structure, tick
Next surges on profit upgrade Next shares jumped more than 7% after the retailer raised its full-year pre-tax profit forecast to £1.14 billion. The upgrade follows 10.5% sales growth in the third quarter (Q3), demonstrating the group’s ability to navigate challenging consumer conditions. The move higher confirms Next’s reputation as the UK retail sector’s standout
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Most Read: Alphabet (GOOG) Q3 2025 Earnings Preview: The $100 Billion Milestone and the CapEx Imperative The Federal Reserve’s meeting is wrapping up today, Wednesday, October 29, 2025. The biggest expected outcome is a change in monetary policy: the central bank is widely anticipated to lower its main interest rate (the federal funds rate) by
Fundamental Overview Gold eventually extended the losses as the preliminary US-China deal reached over the weekend weighed on the market as traders positioned into a positive Trump-Xi meeting. In the short-term, there are no strong reasons to pile into longs at the moment, so we might create another range around the 4,000 level. Nonetheless, there
Singapore’s producer prices increased for the third straight month in September and at an accelerated pace, data from the Department of Statistics showed on Wednesday. The manufacturing producer price index climbed 7.3 percent year over year in September, faster than the 6.0 percent rise in August. The non-oil index surged 8.5 percent annually in September,
The Japanese Yen (JPY) attracts some intraday sellers following an Asian session uptick on Wednesday, which, along with some US Dollar (USD) buying, assists the USD/JPY pair to recover nearly 100 pips from the vicinity of mid-151.00s. Expectations that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) could resist early tightening in the wake of Japan’s new Prime
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Trump statement on something the Wall Street Journal had floated Tuesday US time. WSJ: Trump looking to lower tariffs on Fentanyl Trump now: expects to lower fentanyl linked tariffs on China will discuss farmers, fentanyl with China This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com. Source link
2025.10.28 2025.10.29 Weekly Economic Calendar for 03.11.2025–09.11.2025 Jana Kanehttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/jana-kane/ Volatility continues to roil the markets. The rally in precious metals has ended with a sharp correction that forced many investors to exit the market. A similar situation occurred with stock indices and digital currency quotes last week. Meanwhile, ongoing geopolitical tensions and the unpredictable actions
Australia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.3% QoQ in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, compared with the 0.7% increase seen in the second quarter, according to the latest data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday. The market consensus was for a growth of 1.1% in the reported period. Annually, Australia’s CPI inflation
