Sterling’s selloff continues today as UK government bond yields surged to new highs, underlining deep market concerns over the nation’s fiscal outlook. 10-year Gilt yield breached 4.8%, a level not seen in 17 years, while 30-year yield climbed past 5.4%, marking its highest point in 27 years. At the core of this crisis are doubts […]
By Samuel Indyk and Rae Wee LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar rose on Monday, driving its peers to multi-year lows, after Friday’s blowout U.S. jobs report underscored the strength of the economy and muddied the outlook for further Federal Reserve rate cuts this year. The , which measures the U.S. unit against a basket of
2025.01.13 2025.01.13 Zcash Price Forecast & Predictions for 2025, 2026, 2027-2030 and Beyond Jana Kanehttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/jana-kane/ The popularity of cryptocurrencies is on the rise despite regulatory restrictions. Apart from well-known digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin, there are others attracting investors’ attention. One of them is ZEC, which has great potential to be profitable
Draft recommendations proposed by international regulators to address controversy over the practice of dealers pre-hedging client orders have largely copied guidance already set out in industry codes. That’s good news for advocates of pre-hedging who may have feared stricter guidance, but has left its critics wanting more. “When it comes to the competitive request-for-quote scenario,
US job growth jumped in December, with the economy adding 256,000 jobs. The US unemployment rate eased to 4.1%. Canada’s economy added 90,900 jobs compared to forecasts of 24,900. The USD/CAD forecast shows a slightly bullish bias as traders balance the upbeat employment reports from Canada and the US. The pair rose on Friday as
2025.01.13 2025.01.13 EURUSD Forecast & Predictions for 2025, 2026–2027, and Beyond Jana Kanehttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/jana-kane/ The EURUSD is one of the major and most traded currency pairs in the Forex market. Traders analyze its future price not only for trading purposes but also to gauge the economic conditions of the EU and the US, along with the
Sterling extended its losses at the start of the week as deepening concerns over the UK’s fiscal situation continued to dominate market sentiment. Yields on 10-year UK Gilts surged above 4.88%, inching closer to the psychologically significant 5% mark. Market participants remain skeptical about the government’s fiscal discipline, despite repeated reassurances from Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
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Can you rent a liquidity provider? And not just any liquidity provider, but one like JP Morgan or Deutsche Bank, to gain access to their huge client franchises? This idea was raised during the FX Markets Europe conference in London on December 3 (if you weren’t there, you missed an excellent event). In outline, the
Gold price loses ground to around $2,690 in Monday’s early Asian session. The upbeat US job report and surging USD weigh on the Gold price. Trump’s policy uncertainty and geopolitical risks might cap the downside for the precious metal. Gold price (XAU/USD) trades with mild losses near $2,690 on the stronger US Dollar (USD) broadly
I posted earlier on Morgan Stanley being unmoved by the jobs report: They look like they are on a desert island though, analysts elsewhere are dialling back rate cut expectations. Goldman Sachs for example: Adam had the big call from Bank of America posted on Friday: Adding a bit more on that call: “The jobs
December payroll data from the US was much stronger than expected: The +256,000 headline significantly beat expectations of 160,000. The highest expected was +200,000, while the 140K-185K range showed the most clustering. If you didn’t know this going into the data you are missing out. Results that are well outside of what is expected usually
The number of building consents issued in New Zealand was up a seasonally adjusted 5.3 percent on month in November, Statistics New Zealand said on Monday – erasing the 5.2 percent decline in October. In November, there were 3,100 new dwellings consented, including 1,437 townhouses, flats, and units; 1,402 stand-alone houses; 186 apartments; and 75
UPCOMING EVENTS: Monday: NY Fed Inflation Expectations. Tuesday: US NFIB Small Business Optimism Index, US PPI. Wednesday: UK CPI, US CPI. Thursday: Japan PPI, Australia Employment report, UK GDP, US Retail Sales, US Jobless Claims, US Import Prices, US NAHB Housing Market Index, New Zealand Manufacturing PMI. Friday: China activity data, UK Retail Sales, US
The price of any financial markets news assets – stocks, currencies, oil, metals and others – depends on the market events. All changes in prices are reaction to the news. Analysis of market events is the most important tool for forecasting price movements. Without analyzing the global economic, political, or financial news, it is impossible
The US markets last week were shaped by two dominant themes: uncertainty surrounding trade policies of the incoming US administration and the impact of robust US economic data. Initial market confusion, driven by ambiguous signals regarding tariffs, created significant volatility. However, this indecisiveness gave way to clarity as strong US data reaffirmed the resilience of
