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Dollar, Emerging Markets, Peso, Hong Kong Dollar, Lira and Rupee Talking Points:The Market Perspective: USDHKD Range Bound Below 7.8500The charge in risk trends through January has come on hard times recently, leading assets like indices to drop and regions like the EM to ease; in turn EM currencies have been hitUSDHKD is nearing its enforced range cap, USDMXN put in for a severe 2-day rally, USDINR is near its record high and USDTRY is already there Recommended by John Kicklighter Forex for Beginners In the FX market, most traders focus on the ‘majors’ – the most liquid exchange rates in…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Printed Chinese and Canada flags are seen in this illustration, July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Steve Scherer and Fergal Smith OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) – China’s rapid reopening is likely to fuel demand for commodities produced in abundance by Canada, potentially helping Canada’s economy avoid a recession as long as it does not also force up inflation and spur further interest-rate hikes. The Bank of Canada last month hiked its key interest rate to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years, and said the economy will stall in the first half of the year and could…

The clock ticks toward the end of day, the major US indices are also ticking lower.The Dow Industrial Average is down 73 points or -0.21% at 33856S&P index is down -30.0 points or 0.72% at 4106.38. The 4100 level is a key level or short-term bias in the S&PNASDAQ index is down -136.90 points or -1.14% at 11869.82Russell 2000 is down -31.6 points or -1.59% at 1953.77US yields remain elevated and near highs for the day:2 year 4.447%, +14.6 basis points5 year 3.812% +14.7 basis points10 year 3.632% +10.0 basis points30 year 3.669% +4.2 basis points Source link

Share: Western Texas Intermediate recovers some ground even though the US Dollar remains buoyant. IEA’s Director commented that China’s reopening would drive oil prices. WTI Technical Analysis: Triple bottom looms around $72.50. US crude oil benchmark known as Western Texas Intermediate (WTI) records minimal gains after diving toward an eight-week low at $72.30 per barrel on Monday, exchanging hands at around $73.96 per barrel, capped by a strong US Dollar (USD) across the board. Wall Street’s extended its losses on Monday due to market participants repricing a less dovish Federal Reserve (Fed) as expected. Money market futures estimates…

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Illuvium Goes Above and Beyond with Illuvitars NFT Collection Decentralized gaming studio Illuvium has announced its latest ecosystem expansion, Illuvium: Beyond. Illuvium: Beyond will feature a customizable NFT collection called Illuvitars, scheduled for launch in early March with help from Binance, ImmutableX, and Chainlink. Illuvium, popular for its flagship open-world MMORPG Overworld, is expanding its ecosystem by introducing Illuvitars, a customizable collection of profile picture NFTs, in Illuvium Beyond. Illuvium’s newest expansion will leverage Binance’s platform, Chainlink’s VRF technology, and ImmutableX’s scaling solutions for the experience. Moreover, Binance and Illuvium offer various rewards to collectors until the official mint on…

Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs is a multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 1869 and is one of the largest and most well-known investment banks in the world.Goldman Sachs has a mixed reputation. On one hand, it is known for its expertise in investment banking and its role in many high-profile financial deals. On the other hand, it has faced criticism and controversy over the years, including accusations of unethical business practices and con Goldman Sachs is a multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in New York…

Share: The Market Participants Survey for the fourth quarter of 2022 published by the Bank of Canada (BOC) showed on Monday that the median of responses for the policy rate by end-2023 stood at 4%, forecasting a 50 bps cut. The median forecast for the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) points to a fall of 0.4% in 2023 and an expansion of 2% in 2024. Market reaction USD/CAD retreated from the weekly high it set at 1.3475 earlier in the session after this report and was last seen trading at 1.3445, where it was up 0.35% on the…

SinanAyhan While the broader market indices (COMP.IND), (SP500), and (DJI) have rallied to kick off the 2023 trading year, UBS says that market conditions are not yet in place for a sustained rally. Still, the financial institution believes that Wall Street will hit an inflection point during 2023. UBS noted that previous rallies in this cycle have been brief and argued that a turn to a longer-term upswing will require a shift in Federal Reserve policy. “Central banks do appear to be nearing the end of tightening cycles. But policymakers have yet to signal a dovish pivot,” UBS said in…

There isn’t anything market moving on the economic calendar today and no speeches from Fed policymakers. Later, we’ll get the RBA decision but the North American schedule is light.It’s a good thing too because Wed-Fri was a wild run of central bank decisions followed by a non-farm payrolls report and ISM services data that rewrote the script and then flipped it. Is a less-hawkish FOMC still in play? The terminal rate is now priced at 5.08%, up from 4.93% early last week.But does another hike really matter if a hard landing is off the table? At this point, even a…