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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about U.S.-Mexico border security and enforcement, at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden marked the second anniversary of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Friday by awarding the “Presidential Citizens Medal” to 14 people, some of them posthumously, who battled to defend America’s democracy after the 2020 election. In a White House ceremony, Biden, a Democrat, described the violence that injured 140 police as “fueled by lies.” As he spoke, Republicans, many of them loyal to…
Albeit the USD/CHF fell 1% on Friday, the pair finished the week with gains of 0.45%. USD/CHF remains sideways, though slightly tilted downwards, and it could test the 0.9200 mark. If the USD/CHF reclaims 0.9300, that could pave the way to 0.9400. The USD/CHF plunged after hitting fresh weekly highs around 0.9408, plummeting beneath the 0.9300 figure, on mixed US economic data that triggered a sell-off in the US Dollar (USD); therefore, the USD/CHF collapsed. At the time of writing, the USD/CHF is trading at 0.9281. USD/CHF Price Analysis: Technical outlook From a weekly chart perspective, after hitting a weekly…
WTI is set to end the week with substantial losses of 8.40% The jobs report showed a slowdown in wages, while the labor market remains resilient. WTI failed to capitalize on US Dollar weakness after the US Services PMI shrinkage Western Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, hovers at around $73.70s, almost flat, albeit the US Dollar (USD) weakened sharply due to mixed US economic data, though global recession concerns weighed on oil prices. At the time of writing, WTI exchanges hand at $73.71. Wall Street is poised to end Friday’s session with hefty losses, boosted by disappointing…
The US major indices are closing higher on the day and for the week. All the major indices are closing with gains over 2% on the day. For the week the gains are from around 1% to 1.5% for the major indices.The final numbers are showing:Dow industrial average rose 700.53 points o 2.13% at 33630.62S&P rose 86.98 points or 2.28% at 3895.07Nasdaq rose 264.06 points or 2.56% at 10569.30Russell 2000 or small caps rose 39.60 or 2.26% at 1792.799For the trading week, the gains for the major indices are showing:Dow rose 1.46%S&P rose 1.45%Nasdaq rose 0.98%Russell 2000 rose 1.79%Technical look…
The Australian dollar took the top spot among the FX majors in the first week of 2023 trading. The Aussie likely benefited from fresh global data and headlines supporting the idea that central banks could potentially ease tightening regimes soon as recessionary conditions grow and signs of inflation peaking. Notable News & Economic Updates: J.P.Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI dropped to a 30-month low of 48.6 in December On Monday, the IMF warned that a third of the world may enter a recession this year. S&P Global PMI Commodity Price Pressures Index dipped to 0.3; Global supply shortages index fell to…
Markets:Gold up $34 to $1867US 10 year yields down 17 bps to 3.55%WTI crude oil flat at $73.67S&P 500 up 95 points to 3924NZD leads, USD lagsWe’re only four days into 2023 trading and we’ve already had some twists and turns, including some big ones today.The dollar was strong heading into non-farm payrolls in an indication that market participants had been swayed by this week’s ADP report and were leaning towards a stronger headline. Indeed the headline came in stronger and with a drop in unemployment but the market instead focused on significantly slower wage growth and the reaction was…
The USDCHF opened the week below the 100 hour MA (blue line in the chart above). On Tuesday, the price soared higher reaching the 50% of the move down from the November 21 high. That level comes in at 0.93988. On Wednesday, the price tumbled back down and in the process moved briefly back below the 200 and 100 hour MAs (green and blue lines), but closed above the MA levels. ON Thursday after falling back below the MAs again, the price once again snapped higher reaching a new high for the week ahead of the jobs report today. The…
Brandon Bell/Getty Images News McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) is slating “difficult” corporate staffing decisions by April, according to The Wall Street Journal. The outlet reported on Friday that the fast food chain is assessing staffing levels at present and plans to make those tough moves, after the close of the first calendar quarter of 2023. The WSJ quoted CEO Chris Kempczinski as saying that some existing positions “are either going to get moved or…may go away.” A specific number of roles due to be eliminated was not specified. McDonald’s (MCD) shares rose 2.56% into afternoon trading on Friday. Read more on…
Today’s jobs report showed the Canadian economy adding 104K jobs in December, far more than the 5K consensus.That follows a strong November CPI report and has the OIS market pricing in a 72% chance of another 25 bps hike at the January 25 meeting. CIBC shifted its call to a 25 bps hike after the data.”The Canadian labour market remains much stronger than expected and (so far) apparently resilient to rapidly rising interest rates. While strong hiring at least partly reflects companies needing to compensate for increased staff absenteeism, the tick down in the unemployment rate close to its record…