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EUR/USD Prices, Charts, and AnalysisEUR/USD returned some of the week’s losses on FridayThe move was modest though and the bears remain in chargeThis week’s news of German recession makes the ECB’s balancing act harder Recommended by David Cottle How to Trade EUR/USD The week’s big news was that Germany slipped into recession in 2023’s first quarter. It’s by far the Eurozone’s largest national economy, and usually among its most successful, so naturally this news has weighed on sentiment toward the single currency. Germany has had to deal with rising inflation and a reduction in its massive use of Russian energy,…
PCE REPORT KEY POINTS:April U.S. consumer spending surges 0.8%, well above expectations calling for a 0.4% increaseCore PCE clocks rises 0.4% on a monthly basis, up 4.7% in the last 12 months, one-tenth of a percent above forecasts in both casesGold prices turn lower as sticky inflation reinforces arguments for additional Fed hikes Recommended by Diego Colman Get Your Free USD Forecast Most Read: Nasdaq 100 Outlook – Bulls Dominate but Pullback Looms, Bearish Signals to WatchThe U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis this morning released data on income and outlays for April. According to the government agency, personal consumption expenditures,…
> US April durable goods orders 1.1% versus -1.0% expected US April 2023 durable goods orders data Prior 2.8% (revised to 3.3%)durable goods orders 1.1% versus -1.0% expectednondefense capital goods orders ex air 1.4% Versus -0.2% expected. Last month -0.6%Ex transportation -0.2% versus 0.3% expectedEx Defense -0.6% vs 3.2% last month ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW Tags ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW Most Popular ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW Source link
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Japanese Yen Price, Chart, and AnalysisThe Bank of Japan (BoJ) will continue with ‘large-scale monetary easing’.USD/JPY 140 is under threat. Recommended by Nick Cawley How to Trade USD/JPY The new Governor of the Bank of Japan, Kazuo Ueda, said recently that the central bank will continue with large-scale monetary easing – yield curve control – until the price stability target of 2% is met ‘in a sustainable and stable manner.’ Mr. Ueda said the central bank would take its time to ‘decide on adjustments to monetary easing’ as ‘the cost of impeding the nascent developments toward achieving the 2 percent…
Share: Senior Economist at UOB Group Alvin Liew assesses the latest GDP figures for the January-March period in Singapore. Key Takeaways “Singapore’s final 1Q23 GDP growth coming in at 0.4% y/y (-0.4% q/q SAAR) revised up from the prelim estimate of 0.1% y/y (-0.7% q/q SA), compared to the 2.1% y/y (+0.1% q/q) growth in 4Q22. Despite the revision, 1Q’s y/y growth was still the weakest since 1Q 2021. It was, however, higher than our and Bloomberg median estimate of 0.2% y/y, -0.6% q/q.” “Growth was dragged by manufacturing sector (-4.8% q/q, -5.6% y/y) in 1Q with all…
Gold Price, Analysis, and ChartsGold looks set for a third straight week of fallsStronger Dollar and question marks over further rate rises have weighedA prominent daily-chart uptrend is under threat Recommended by David Cottle How to Trade Gold The near-term climate isn’t constructive for the oldest financial haven of them all. Reports of progress toward raising the US Federal debt ceiling have weighed on the market, chiming with a widespread belief that a deal will be done in time because the alternative is so dire.General Dollar strength can also reduce gold’s attraction to non-US investors.The market may glean some support…
FTSE 100, DAX 40, and S&P 500 Analysis and ChartsArticle written by IG Senior Market Analyst Axel RudolphFTSE 100 remains under pressure amid ongoing US debt ceiling negotiationsThe FTSE 100 has given back around 2.5% by falling on three consecutive days as a possible US default is getting increasingly likely since no agreement on raising the debt ceiling limit has been reached yet.The 22 March high at 7,587 has been reached to date with the 200-day simple moving average (SMA) at 7,530 representing the next downside target around which the index may at least short-term stabilise. If not, the March…
Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images Debt talks appear to be nearing the end amid reports that a potential deal would raise the U.S. government’s $31.4T debt ceiling and limit spending on most items for two years. Republican negotiators have reportedly agreed for a smaller 3% increase in defense spending. Non-defense discretionary spending is expected to be maintained at current levels. The White House is mulling cutting back on increased funding for the Internal Revenue Service, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed official. The deal would cut $10B from an $80B budget increase for the IRS that was planned under the Inflation…